I knew things were going to get worse. You did, too. Still, I was unprepared for the desolation I felt after Congress narrowly passed their menacing mega bill (“BBB”) on July 3rd. It felt like a perfect storm.

I won’t go into the awfulness of the bill’s contents; I’m sure you’ve read and heard it all. (Senator Lisa Murkowski’s failure to save the country when she alone had that opportunity was heartbreaking.) I didn’t watch fireworks on the 4th of July for the first time in memory. My household w...