An update from the field [View all]

[BallardWA]

Oh, geez, I wish I knew how add to my original post, but, alas I do not.
We are a small business that started to feel the chill right after the
orange one took the pResidency.

I'm here to report that I have finally found that other artisans we work
with are ready to talk. Working in high-end construction, it's hard to
trust, as so many of us are still scrambling up from the last financial
disaster.

The last artisan I spoke to in confidence said it most plainly:
"It feels like 2008 all over again". These are good people. We
work with our hands. Yes, we're considered artists, but - we serve
the rich. The rich are not spending. Period.