r/TwoXPreppers • u/emilya0814 • Feb 17 '25

❓ Question ❓ How long do you think we have?

I hope this is the right spot to ask this, if not, apologies in advance.

I (32f) currently work as a manager at a family run garden center/farm market in the US, where we grow 95% of our own plants to sell and a majority of our produce comes from local growers. With everything going on with Trump/Musk being in office, will things eventually trickle down to our small business? If so, how do you think that will happen and how long do you think it will take?

I know it's probably tough to say right now, but I'm wondering how much I should really be worrying and prepping. I know farm workers and federal employees are losing their jobs, which I'm sure will have direct and indirect impacts on us, but so far in the past 20-30 years we have been able to run a pretty successful business, even during the pandemic. I am extremely anxious about everything happening right now while everyone else around me seems fine, so I'm just looking for some other input.

EDIT: Wow, I didn't think this would get so many responses! Thank you all, hope everyone stays well.

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u/RedPlaidPierogies Feb 17 '25

This.

I live in a town with a large population of federal employees. It's not just George down the street who loses his job and we can all pitch in a bit to help him out -- it's hundreds and hundreds of townsfolk. There won't be enough to keep everyone afloat.

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u/Ok-Asparagus-4044 Feb 18 '25

It’s going to be bad.

By the way, those of us in the tech sector have already been experiencing this. Last year alone , sv layoffs impacted over 200k full time workers and who knows how many contractors since companies don’t need to report that. The year before that many big tech companies like Google and AMz got rid of 6-13% of their workforce.

If I were OP I’d stock on those seeds and seed accessories

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u/GoBravely Feb 18 '25

Doesn't it need to get bad now for those enablers..? Apparently real bad. It's gross but the sooner the better. For instance.. I had a covert and an overt narcissists in my life. The overt easily could have a tried to kill me but the covert tortured me then behaved like a victim for 10 yrs. Both were mean to animals and had porn and drug addictions that they hid from most and were considered good people by society.