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[โ€“] [email protected] 48 points 11 months ago (15 children)

My question is why is the climate crisis not considered a crisis big enough to break the debt limit whereas the covid crisis was, this has been the hottest summer ever, by a lot, let's see next year's, when it's too late.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

Because in the eyes of the constitutional court it's not an unforeseeable, acute crisis, but something that is known since decades :(

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