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The infra bill was a huge shot in the arm and, based on the ads I'm seeing, he's going to run on its passing... that bill is beyond amazing, but they should have gone harder. While the ~$1.6 trillion is an eye watering amount of money, ~$4-6 trillion is what was originally asked for and what is needed. Hopefully he'll run on a Build Back Better: Part Deux. Also his appointees to the NLRB have been super progressive and aggressive, the return to Joy Silk will give the reinvigorated labor movement serious steam, but he also busted the RR workers ability to strike and he seriously shouldn't have done that. Overall, I'm not mad at the Biden WH on domestic issues... but more is needed and he should have let the RR workers strike. Like, the economy be damned, call the hedge fund's bet and end the Reagan era union busting.
"They" didn't have control of Congress. Two Senators are Democrats but are much more centrist and won't vote for certain things.
You mean the one that created a government function thats proposed to privatize water?
As well as mandated increasing federal fossil fuel extraction leases many times over before beginning any expansion of renewable energy.
It's amazing how neoliberals will just blindly believe the propaganda of Politico, NYT and WaPo 🤦
Would you rather be dependent on foreign supply while waiting for renewable energy to be built? A lot of america still runs on oil and it's gonna take a long time for that change even with the green transition finally happening.
Fun fact: the US already produces much more oil than it uses and exports most of it.
The "energy independency needs oil" argument is a false one made up by the fossil fuel industry and the corrupt politicians they own.
Their efforts, not a lack of feasibility, are the main impediments to transitioning to a renewable energy grid, which can be done surprisingly fast (a 50MW wind farm can be operational in 6 months, a 10MW one in only 2, and a solar farm in 6-12) and the resulting decentralised grid would be much more resilient in avoiding catastrophic failure than one focused on a few large fossil fuel burning plants that stop working every time it gets too hot or too cold.
In conclusion: your pro-fossil fuel argument is invalid and you've fallen for empty propaganda.
As an actual climate lobbyist, the IRA is the single most effective piece of climate legislation ever passed.
Lobbying for WHICH climate action group, though? Some are as good for climate action as Neera Tanden's CAP is for progress.
In fact, you're sounding like a more polite version of her right now with your exceedingly vague yet utterly false trumpeting of neoliberal saviours 🙄
That's not relevant to their point
It's relevant to whether their profession lends any legitimacy to their ridiculous claim.
"Doxx yourself or you're a liar"
Nope, that's not at all what I was saying.
I was pointing out that not all climate lobbyists know any more about climate policy and the content of specific bills than reasonably diligent laypeople.
As such, "as a climate lobbyist", does not necessarily lend the authority to the following statement that some might imagine.
They seem to be able to detect foreign propaganda and are immune to it, and deny US propaganda exists, despite living in the propagandized country on earth
And even then, they're much better than Republicans who can't detect and are extremely susceptible to foreign propaganda.
Of course, "much better than Republicans at resisting propaganda" is like "much better at bowling than an armadillo". The species just isn't built for it 🤷