Omnithion Times

By Alexander Ziwahatan,  Founder, Omnithion | Candidate for Governor of Oregon The Price We Keep Paying Every year, we spend billions reacting to disasters we could have prevented. Wildfires, public health crises, pollution events — they hit, we scramble, and then we rebuild. And year after year, the bill grows. In Oregon alone, wildfire suppression over the past five years has cost more than $1 billion . Add in the lost homes, businesses, and economic downtime, and the true total is several times higher. The same pattern repeats in healthcare: billions spent treating preventable conditions like opioid dependency and pollution-related illness. In environmental policy, we pour resources into cleanup long after toxins have entered our air, water, and soil. We treat prevention like a luxury, when in reality, it’s the most cost-effective and humane investment we can make. Why We Default to Reaction Mode Three forces keep us stuck in this cycle: Budgeting Mindset – Politi...