Economically dependent on their northern neighbor, business owners in Washington state are laying off employees and shutting their doors.

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    I do want to feel bad, especially when hearing Canadians say, “go back to the US” like in that article. Then I hear stories about my Canadian friends going to Arizona for business and people making jokes about being a 51st state to their faces and my compassion dips.

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      Don’t ever feel bad for giving exactly what is being asked for.

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        The shitty part is that the people suffering aren’t the people making decisions, but then that’s what needs to happen for voters to vote for someone else.