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Gee (23/He/Him/His)! Bug and Horror Enjoyer, casualty of academic hubris, sports enthusiast. racecar freak. Spiritually married to the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area. Formerly kazoologist and north-wilkesboro-moonshine-cave. apollo's favorite clay pigeon

By popular request (ones, nearly ten[s] of people are asking), here's my Republican-specific congresscritter tariffs script:

Hi, my name is [NAME] and I'm a constituent from [CITY/TOWN, ZIP].

I'm calling [REPUBLICAN REP/SEN NAME] to ask [HIM/HER] to save our economy.

The tariffs announced on April 2nd are taxes. The American Enterprise Institute says it's a tax increase that will destroy our economy. They say there are zero benefits, there will be zero benefits. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Cato Institute and Manhattan Institute all agree, it's just a wrecking ball made of taxes. There's no upside.

These tariff-taxes will cost American jobs—private sector layoffs are already starting—and destroy American businesses, short-term and long-term. This is going to ruin people. The stock market is already cratering.

If we as a country are going to make sweeping economic changes, it's congress's job to draft and vote on those. We need review and oversight, not to be handed down dictatorial decisions, no matter who's president.

So, I ask that [REPUBLICAN REP/SEN NAME] intervene by backing a joint resolution, or by any means available, to stop Trump's misuse of emergency powers. Put a stop to the tariffs, rein in the overreach, and return financial and economic decision-making to congress where it belongs.

Thank you.

(For Democrats, 5calls has a very short script that will work.)

tomboyism is so funny to me. gender non-conformity for girls is acceptable for like two minutes between the ages of 8 and 10. beyond that it’s appalling and you’re a freak but for those two years…… they could’ve had it all

I hate the way we as a culture have decided that nursing homes are a failure of family. The insistence that any old relative would do a better job with elder care than a trained professional is so insulting. Most nursing home employees are caring professionals who chose the field. It's a hard job that takes dedication. We should talk about nursing home care as underfunded and under supported, not as a shameful abandonment. It's an important skill set!

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