Consequences | 1 month anniversary for Iowans (and everyone else)

Well, here we are—one month into this presidential disaster. Your eggs are more expensive, your groceries are more expensive, and your utilities are rising by hundreds of dollars. Gas prices are climbing.

That's not what he promised, and we are well past "day one."

Agriculture

Iowa, in particular, is facing a huge agricultural crisis with no recourse. Six hundred people were just laid off in the agricultural sector. The death of the USAID program will devastate family farms. Your CRP offsets are gone. Farmers are now getting hit from all sides—high-cost inputs like seeds, chemicals, and fuel are no longer subsidized or have become significantly more expensive.

Housing

Housing is now under threat, with multiple firings in federal housing programs—the very programs that help new families buy their first homes.

Major construction groups are now sounding the alarm about labor shortage and material shortage.

Social Security

Social Security and Medicaid are now at risk of being destroyed. The taxes that cut into every paycheck, with the promise of some meager payout at the end of your career, are likely gone—all for nothing.

Impact: (2023 numbers) *Nursing homes in Iowa

Iowa has 402 nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities. Iowa's long-term care sector provides more than 13 million days of care to Iowans each year. The long-term care sector employs more than 43,000 Iowans.

You were warned, repeatedly

So many people tried to warn you that he was a fraud, a con man, a fascist, a Nazi. But you ignored it because you liked the show, or you wanted cheaper eggs, or cheaper gas, or maybe you were just a flat-out racist.

Your unlubricated consequences have arrived. In a few days, when the steel tariffs take effect, the pain will amplify significantly. Anything that is involved with metals will feel these consequences. Ag, trades, car dealerships, etc... Expect layoffs.

If you voted for this shitshow, I don't feel bad for you—I’m going to enjoy every minute of your suffering. You screwed over society for selfish, horrible reasons, and you deserve every consequence. We had your type figured out after World War II—so much so that we made government films to prevent this kind of bullshit from ever happening again. https://youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?si=N1tgo0zE9YUYOmly

The antagonists in this film, the Nazis and fascists is you. The people suffering in the end, the ones that thought they were getting ahead is you.

You sold out for cheap eggs.

You sold out for cheap gas.

You sold out for racism.

You sold out for bigotry.

You sold out for misogyny.

You sold out for hate.

Somehow, this virus—this evil—persisted, and people embraced it once again. History was forgotten, willfully or otherwise.

To everyone else, to every decent person: There’s not much to say. I hope you saved, I hope you’re smart, and I hope you have some FIGHT LEFT in you. This is going to be a rough ride, and no one is coming to save you.

*mods in r/Iowa suppressed this...(I have a feeling I know why....)