This letter is written in response to President Trump’s decision on Dec. 4 at the Utah Capitol.

This year, neoliberalism took your health care, taxed your grad students, is taking away equal access to the internet, furthered the destabilization of the climate, criminalized asylum seekers, promoted sexism, stole from the poor to give to the rich, and took away your public land. But hey, at least the CEO of EXXON got a huge tax break so that the money he makes off of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalate can go toward a few more vacation homes, or maybe a new boat he can cruise around in the ocean that is becoming more acidic due to deregulated markets.

Meanwhile, the additional $700 you receive from your tax refund can go towards the thousands dollars of medical bills that are no longer a social service. Why would something that should be a human right be free?

Meanwhile, the fossil fuel industry is buying up lands that produce our drinking water so that they can privatize and capitalize on that human right, too. But forget about the rights of any other species that also depends on the land.

This system is broken, it’s destroying the climate, it’s destroying the ocean, it’s destroying the land and it’s violating human rights across the globe.

This neoliberal economic system that is built on constant growth and deregulation is literally destroying our world. Furthermore, it’s destroyed the American dream. Income inequality is at an all-time high, public lands are being sold off to corporations, and it is even causing a mass extinction.