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Shutdown halts key programs like Medicaid and REAP, leaving farmers and rural hospitals struggling to survive, with small businesses also severely impacted, advocates say.

  • This letter to the editor warns that federal operations are halted, rural America feels the impact earliest and most severely as Medicaid and REAP programs pause amid a stalled continuing resolution.
  • Critics argue the political setup has steered pilot benefits to large corporate agricultural operations, while Republicans in Congress and Senate relinquish oversight and the president replaces experienced staff with unelected officials.
  • Farmers and local businesses report that farmers bear economic costs while small businesses in rural towns and rural hospitals face funding delays, hurting local communities and families.
  • Civil‑rights concerns emerge as ICE agents round up people without due process, while the letter says undocumented immigrants face civil violations, and residents and voters deserve better than partisan collateral use.
  • The authors urge citizens and voters to treat one another as patriots and to `speak truth to power` in Washington, D.C., calling for a two-party conversation to protect democratic institutions.
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Brattleboro Reformer broke the news in on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
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