Good points
Today, I learned from a friend who works at an excellent research-focused hospital that they’ve had a significant number of layoffs in at least two departments. This was directly due to Trump defying a court order and freezing grants and loans for critical research, including cancer research. This isn’t just a minor issue—it’s devastating.
The majority of those laid off were long-tenured employees. In one of the affected departments, patient scheduling and services will likely slow down, which will have a significant impact. And when you multiply this across all the other local hospitals experiencing similar cuts, the consequences for both healthcare workers and patients will be severe.
At the same time, the impact of immigration policies on supply and pricing is already being felt.
And then there’s the matter of the 75,000+ federal layoffs. Once they take effect, I can only imagine the ripple effects—many of these workers were engaged in critical projects, and there has been absolutely no planning for how these cuts will affect them, let alone the businesses and workers who rely on providing goods and services to these agencies.
This was purely a political decision. There’s no evidence of widespread “grift” among federal workers, especially at the lower levels.
P.S.: What exactly did he do with the CDC besides raiding their site.