Chaos and destruction

By Shelbey Alexander

President Donald J. Trump, acting without legal authority and in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States, signed more than 200 pieces of paper he called, “executive orders”. In those pieces of paper, he purported to shutter federal agencies, fire thousands of federal employees and suspend federal funding, all of which had been authorized by law.  Some residents of US House District 10 seem to think this is a great idea.

There are residents of our Congressional District who seem to not care that:

The Department of Education provides 26,000,000 healthy meals to school children;

USAID saves millions of people who would have starved, is a cornerstone of American diplomacy and buys $2.1 billion dollars of farm products from farmers, including Georgians;

Federal Aviation Administration employees are vital to safe operation of  airports serving millions of Americans;

Federal investments in renewable energy fight fossil fuel driven climate catastrophes, create thousands of good paying jobs and include $1 billion dollars in funding Georgia infrastructure; 

Federal law enforcement agents and judges protect our border from violent criminals and suppliers of deadly drugs;

The CDC provides crucial scientific research that protects us from the constant, evolving threat of deadly disease;

Federal employees fight those who poison our air and water and protect us from workplace injury and death;

So why, exactly, does anyone in Congressional District 10, and anyone anywhere within our United States, think it is a great idea to gut our federal government and destroy the very agencies and agents that protect us?  Do you care? 

Shelbey Alexander is chairperson of the Barrow County Democratic Committee