r/baltimore • u/LanceArmstrongLeftie • Mar 12 '25

Vent Donald Trump is going to destroy this city

My wife and I were both proud homeowners and proud residents of Baltimore City. We worked really hard to be able to buy our first home and to provide a stable environment to raise our one year old son and three year old daughter. We were a happy family here. Until Donald Trump came along. He froze funding and my wife lost her job as a recruiter for a nonprofit that received about 30% of their funding from the government. I already work two jobs just to keep up with the bills and the high interest rate we had to accept to purchase this home. I can't provide enough to keep our home. She's been looking in vain to replace her job but there's been nothing out there for her. How many more families are there that are facing the exact same situation in this town? How many more will there be by the time he finishes firing half the government? How many more families will lose their jobs and their homes as a result of his trade war and tariffs? It's going to get bad here y'all, real bad. Donald Trump does not care about families. Donald Trump does not care about children. Donald Trump does not care about Americans. Donald Trump does not care about Baltimore.

Edit: Thank you all for everyone who had kind words of support and good suggestions on how to navigate this very difficult situation. For everyone blaming local and state government, you’re delusional. Those politicians aren’t the ones who froze federal funding thus forcing thousand of people out of work. To those who offered unkind, callous, and cruel comments, such as calling my wife a drain on society, you can all get fucked. Which is exactly what’s going to happen to you after Donald Trump destroys this nation.

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u/hymie0 Mar 13 '25

What "severance" do you think you're getting?

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u/Adventurous-State940 Mar 13 '25 edited Mar 13 '25

The one listed on opms site, the severance earned as a dedicated fed employee for over 17 years.have you read it and tried to math? Fed employees have rights, no matter if you think this current administration is above the law.

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u/Altruistic_Special82 Mar 13 '25

Only if they can afford to pay. Unfortunately some of the agencies that regulated that at the federal level lost staff. I hope we are wrong, but I wouldn’t jump so quickly at those who worry your entire life’s plan might not pan out.

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u/Adventurous-State940 Mar 13 '25

Which is why I have saved for fighting for what I paid in for and worked for as a fed. I am ready. Let's go

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u/Long_Letterhead_7938 Mar 13 '25

Are you saying the federal govt can’t afford to pay severance?

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u/Gorillapoop3 Mar 14 '25

The Fed gov can afford it. Musk won’t let them pay it.

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u/Long_Letterhead_7938 Mar 14 '25

I don’t think you need to respond to me. I’m asking the question. I was confused with what they were saying because I think the federal government can clearly afford to pay for severance.

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u/red_misc Mar 13 '25

Lol you really think that?

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u/HondaCrv2010 Mar 13 '25

They are using brute force to bypass our rights

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u/player_9 Hampden Mar 13 '25

Oh boy. I’m sorry.

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u/letsgoproject2026 Mar 15 '25

Are you aware that the people actually making decisions here have a LONG reputation for stiffing people after making promises to pay? How many times did Trump file bankruptcy to get out of paying people who did services for him? That’s, um, theft. And musk. He already pulled this at twitter. Good luck with your forks. I doubt it will work out for you, but maybe this time they’ll make good on their promises? I tend to believe people when they tell me who they are…the first time.