General Discussion

You need to remember that Washington State has a large population of federal and military employees and all of them went without pay for over a month while many of those were working without pay and others were laid off; that situation will probably occur once again after January. No one I know even those with large incomes are buying much for Christmas either. Our food banks in this area of Washington (Kitsap County) had a much higher rate of users during this time. Don't forget Starbucks is reducing its work force and Boeing is in that same process too. The Tariffs have had a damaging effect on the shipping businesses in our state as well. Wait until January when over half those folks on the ACA drop their health insurance along with the reduction in Medicaid and Medicare benefits hit people there goes the health care industry.