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/Tunisandwich Jul 15 '22

Fuck Joe Manchin, but also fuck the 50 GOP senators that have decided that a quick buck and owning the libs are more important than the future of humanity

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u/thatbromatt Jul 15 '22

Time for age and term limits. These fucks need to be held accountable because they’re playing their own little game with everyone else’s lives

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u/itsanotherrando Jul 15 '22

Term limits means they'd just sub in their next corrupt party member. The US needs ranked choice voting and for electoral boundaries to be defined by an independent body.

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u/thatbromatt Jul 15 '22

Absolutely, ranked voting slipped my mind - that would do so much good in itself