Meeting at Tom Barrett's Office

Advocacy for Science

February 26, 2025

To: Mr. Ron Kendall

Office of Rep. Tom Barrett

328 W. Ottawa Street Suite A

Lansing, MI 48933

Dear Mr. Kendall:

Thank you very much for meeting with Dr. David Arnosti’s group the other day (February 25, 2025). We hope and pray that you, Tom Barrett and your office will do everything in your power to maintain the survival of Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Michigan Education, the state of Michigan and the United States of America.

These important institutions and infrastructure are under attack by the current administration in Washington, D.C. Destroying these institutions and this essential and fragile infrastructure will not save money for the United States of America. The current approach to economics, described as “trickle down”, has always failed and will always fail, is designed to fail, is meant to fail. The economics of the current administration is designed to hollow out America and to degrade America’s most essential institutions. If the goal is a successful and enduring country, reliance on such an economic approach is certain to fail.

Very sincerely;

Zachary Burton, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

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