February 18, 2025
Liz Perez, owner of GC Green, a general contracting and consulting firm that focuses on clean energy, at her home in Vista on Jan. 31, 2025. Perez and other small business owners and advocates say uncertainty around Trump's orders could lead businesses to
But Catalina Amuedo-Dorante, an economics professor at UC Merced, said this administration has made its priorities clear. “We’re going backwards (in terms of) rights for different minority groups, groups that need more assistance in medical care, food, education,” she said.
The professor added that “harming human capital” is a recipe for disaster. She called the possible rollback of funding to small business, medical research and other programs a threat to this generation and next.
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