I'd love to see someone smart at economics to start a tally, of things like this, lost sales in military sales, scientists moving abroad.
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Don Moynihan
Travel to the US is expected to slide by 5%, contributing to a $64 billion shortfall for the travel industry, according to Tourism Economics which had originally forecast a 9% increase in foreign travel, but revised its estimate to reflect “polarizing Trump Administration policies and rhetoric.”
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"Travel group Flight Centre Canada" says "the agency has seen a 40 per cent drop in bookings and 20 per cent cancellation rate for U.S. trips."
US tourism agencies came to Canada pleading for our business.
https://www.thespec.com/thestar/business/canadians-dont-want-to-travel-to-the-u-s-amid-donald-trumps-tariffs-so-u/article_55887757-bb5a-5c00-a20d-6f214836da6c.html?__vfz=medium%3Dtray_notification#vf-d5c98e6a-2676-4afb-b8dd-4bcdbb4a1d5a
https://bsky.app/profile/bentleysciindustry.bsky.social/post/3ljvtj6ydzs26
Don't remember seeing it, but it seemed like Florida would likely take the biggest hit.
I haven't seen a lot of MAGA outrage at the loss of OB/Gyn's in anti-abortion states. There is no outrage at losing doctors and hospitals in rural areas because their politicians refuse to expand the ACA.
Trump's racist policies keep them voting against their interests.
There is a group like this on Ravelry, the knitting site. You mail them your tangled yarn, and they sort it out. They are called "Knot a Problem."
Plus many other things!