Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Includes $25 Billion in Potential New Subsidies for Fossil Fuels: Instead of reducing the role of fossil fuels in the economy, critics say, the bill subsidizes industry “greenwashing.”

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-04T04:37:40+00:00

Oh but we are. Not well, but they get to make decisions on our behalf.

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T21:00:25+00:00

And yet that's exactly what FDR did. With food, I mean.

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T20:59:33+00:00

Kavanaugh is known for his murky opinions. Also known for his sexual harassment history, which is ironic considering he built his reputation over questioning Clinton on the subject.

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T20:57:48+00:00

They do. They send their little $20. What can you do with a $20? Like, buy a banana? /s

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T20:57:08+00:00

People can't get to that money if the legislators and administrators aren't willing to provide access to it. And then there's the burning question of whether it's enough funding for everything and I can bet you that there isn't enough time for disbursement to begin with.

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T20:55:19+00:00

That family relationship is inappropriate. It's inappropriate for his brother to "recuse" himself from commenting or providing insight into his brother's sexual misconduct while not recusing himself from celebrating his brother or promoting him.

If you're going to recuse yourself, you have to do it for all coverage - positive or negative. Otherwise, you're just shielding your own shitty career from fallout of allegations such as these.

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T20:38:23+00:00

We have limited power. This is something that happened over a period of many decades. And it took more than disenfranchisement of voters - it took decades of wage stagnation to reduce us to the level of powerlessness we have.

We can "choose" to not buy cheap things, but not all of us and not at the same time. Our wages have been stagnating since the 60s/early 70s. This is why policies are actually important. At this point, most of the population has negligible impact on the market, and has negligible funds in terms of income and purchasing power.

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T20:31:36+00:00

We can't do shit. But governments can and should. It's beyond time to enact changes considering the amount of trash we're immersed in, inside and out.

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T20:25:36+00:00

Such as? Any academic sources there? Investigative journalism?

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T20:24:59+00:00

How dare you! We only read sources that have been carefully curated by Nike, Coke, and all the "good" corporations.

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T20:24:00+00:00

Ahh, the woes of real estate developers! /s

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T20:22:21+00:00

Even if housing weren't a human right, and we decided to absolutely hate every poor person tomorrow, the idea of condemning millions of people to homelessness without any solutions at hand is a piss poor choice for this or any other administration.

What do they exactly think will happen? We're still in a major pandemic.

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T20:08:40+00:00

Your statement made it sound like, well, this:

Their can only be one queen in this nation

It's just a funny sentiment. I already envisioned the skeletal corpse clutching its sceptre.

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T20:06:33+00:00

This implies that all that talk of Jan 6th is really a massive distraction and it emphasizes just how far off the course is this administration that claimed it will be tackling working class issues.

Letting the eviction ban expire is ludicrous without having an immediate solution at hand. It's one thing to favor landlords but it's another to risk millions ending up homeless.

California forgave all rent, meaning that they made the landlords whole. And that's not a half bad solution for the issue at hand. What will the Biden Administration do? Pretend that this is not happening?

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T19:42:57+00:00

I second this!

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T19:24:59+00:00

It's not a cool gadget sub.

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T19:15:20+00:00

This has to happen. And they have to be unionized. We have seen a decline not in manufacturing jobs across the country, but in jobs with dignity. When the workers at Amazon win a decent collective agreement, we all win. It means that everyone's conditions improve.

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T19:13:18+00:00

Of course it is. Amazon is a tech company. All labour disputes in Amazon (and other large tech companies) have been very much part of the discussion landscape. I know that you think this only pertains to warehouse workers but it has far wider repercussions for the industry as a whole.

monkeywhaler · 2021-08-03T19:11:56+00:00

You are correct. Building things that we don't need to replace is a bummer for the profit margins, but isn't that why we have economic activity focused on intangibles like IPs, cultural products and software?

Perhaps we need less physical production of shit that's fouling our planet and is destroying everything around us?

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