To the Editor,
Because of the people who work for the National Weather Service, I can check the weather forecast ahead of a planned outing and make an informed decision if it is safe for me to travel to the outing or not.
Because of the people who work for the USDA, I can feel confident that the meat I am buying at the grocery store has been inspected and is safe for me and my family to eat.
Because of the people who work for the IRS, my tax return can be processed in a timely manner, and if I have any questions or concerns I can call them and they will help me work through my question or concern.
Because of the people who work for the Federal Aviation Administration, I can fly with confidence knowing that the air traffic controllers, engineers, and safety inspectors have gone through extensive training and work hard to keep me safe when I travel.
Because of the people who work for FEMA, I will have help if I have a natural disaster happen where I live.
Because of the people who work for the U.S. Postal Service, I can handle personal business affairs but also stay connected with my family and friends and exercise my first amendment right to free speech.
Because of the people who work for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, I have a watchdog looking out to make sure I won’t get cheated when I take out a mortgage, that I won’t get tricked on the fine print when I get a car loan, that my credit card doesn’t have a bunch of hidden fees in it, and that my child’s student loan issuer won’t scam him and put him in the wrong program.
These services make life better for us.
Michelle Folken
Chatfield, Minn.
Kim Wentworth says
If I may:
In each case pointed out there is no correlation between the times we currently live in and the program discussed. It is true we shouldn’t take a sledgehammer to the fed budget but things need to change. Every Democrat at the fed level and presidency has preached about how we need to “reign in government”. The Dems were the ones that coined the phrase “waste, fraud ,and abuse”. On the other hand I fully know the republicans don’t have the intestinal fortitude to right the ship without a boot in the you know where, fact.
Going by paragraph; 1) with today’s technology there is plenty of fat to trim here. We need to look at efficiency in each area 2) the USDA has their fingers in many areas, many that go against the farmers, time to trim 3) Trump’s addressed the many issues with the IRS and things are changing 4) thanks to Trump we now have leadership at the FFA, the last four yrs being a great example of a dei hire 5) FEMA, here too with the proper leadership this poorly run agency may turn things around or be replaced, ain’t nobody going to die from that!! 6) blind support of the current postal service is no longer justified. Something needs to change as we no longer live in Ben Franklins time. Yah ever notice “federally” run things are never efficient. The similarities of the postal service and Amtrak ….