Editorial Published in The Ozaukee Press:

As the farmers used to say, “you don’t eat your seed corn.”

Yet that’s exactly what the President and his sidekick, “Chain Saw” Musk, are doing — munching away at what people have built up over generations to keep our country strong.

For two people who claim to be business savvy, they’re setting us up to come out of the next four years weaker, poorer, and less competitive.

They’re slashing investments in technical research — the very engine that has kept America ahead of the world. Even worse, they’re gutting medical research, killing projects that were decades in the making before they’re finished.

The government covers about half of all drug research costs because Big Pharma often won’t risk funding early-stage work. Kill that pipeline, and we’re not just losing cures — we’re setting ourselves up to be a sicker, more fragile nation.

And for what?

A few headline-grabbing “savings” that won’t even begin to offset the trillion-dollar tax cuts handed to billionaires who don’t need them — and very little will end up in your pocket.

This is economic sabotage, plain and simple. If you think fighting back is class warfare, it is you who is under attack.

Think about your future — and the future your kids and grandkids will inherit.

Keith R. Schmitz

Milwaukee

Right now Congress is considering enacting the DOGE cuts. Especially if you live in a red district, contact your member of Congress and let them know you don’t want your future gutted. You can find contact information at ww.house.gov and click FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE.