Don't forget Joann's workers

I’m really enjoying reading the letters from the pearl-clutching progressives in Durango about the cuts in federal jobs by the Trump administration. Here are some facts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: the Biden administration increased the federal jobs number by 6% in four years, including 33,000 in December 2024. There are currently more than 3 million federal employees and that does not include 600,000 postal workers or armed service members.

Where are the letters decrying the loss of a 1,000 laid-off baristas at Starbucks? How about 2,500 employees dismissed at Hewlett Packard? And let’s not forget the loss of at least 8,000 jobs with the closing of 800+ Joann stores across the country?

Would those of you out there marching on main street be willing to pay an extra $5 for a camp site in the San Juan National Forest, or will you continue to camp in non-designated sites that are free? I thought so.

– Dennis Pierce, Durango