Oh I get it! I lost my job due to bullet item #2. I worked for a federal contractor. Had there been sufficient warning and a gradual shift in funding, I’m 99% confident that the company I worked for could have shifted gears and successfully pursued alternative funding, sparing thousands of good jobs. In fact, before Trump took office, we were already heading in that direction.

However, the Trump administration immediately and without precedent rescinded payments and cancelled signed contracts, which was disastrous and completely unrecoverable. Not only for my place of employment, but for thousands of others across the country.

Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the monetary and policy changes, it’s important that these changes take place at a cadence and with enough planning that allows business to adapt. That didn’t happen. It’s wrong and immoral how things went down. It’s absolutely criminal that contracts are simply cancelled and payments pried back.