Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
If you want to do something about invasive species in your day to day life, plant a variety of native plants. These can be potted plants on a balcony, a whole garden, or even a lawn replacement. Not only are native plants well suited to your area, they also support native wildlife. Pollenators, birds, invertebrates, and even lizards might call your yard home.
In happens in a lot more places. Regulations make sure goods and services are up to standards. Without those regulations, you have check yourself each time if things are acceptable, adding costs.
The ultra rich want the middle and lower classes to suffer. Some years ago it was caught on a hot mic about how "we need a recession" when talking about workers wanting better conditions.