MCFEATTERS: We’re paying the price for Trump’s cuts
By Ann McFeatters, Tribune News Service (TNS) WASHINGTON — We’ve suddenly leaped into a real-life thriller movie where the scientists are frantically and futilely warning about a pandemic and the political leaders are pooh-poohing it, determined to squelch fear that might hurt business. One of Donald Trump’s potentially most fateful acts as president in 2018 was firing the scientist in charge of preparing