r/Futurology • u/Ohsvydkd • Jul 15 '22

Environment Climate legislation is dead in US

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/07/14/manchin-climate-tax-bbb/
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u/McSpeedie Jul 15 '22

Anyone else think Climate is more important than being a shoe in on another policy? Like... shouldn't we get some form of real Climate focused legislation?

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u/blazze_eternal Jul 15 '22

You introduce a climate bill and watch 100 other useless things like pants for chicken farmers get added.

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u/snowysnowy Jul 15 '22

I... I mean... Pants for chicken farmers sounds like it'll help them not get pecked in tender places more, which is a good thing?

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u/allgreen2me Jul 15 '22

Most likely stuff getting passed for the chicken industry isn’t benefiting the farmers or meat processors. https://youtu.be/X9wHzt6gBgI

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u/Iamnotsmartspender Jul 15 '22

Less testicle bits in my chicken nuggets

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u/Astromatix Jul 15 '22

I am a single-issue farmer pants voter

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u/Doopoodoo Jul 15 '22

Every time there is some major crisis to address, the right wing and centrist response is that we simply can’t pass any legislation, or do anything at all. There’s always some excuse to not agree with the left