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The facts are irrelevant at this stage this is purely politics. The poor and middle class do not want to be penalized for climate change (French yellow jacket p
by petermcneeley 8y ago
The facts are irrelevant at this stage this is purely politics. The poor and middle class do not want to be penalized for climate change (French yellow jacket protests are most visible example of this).
This is just bluffing between economic groups.
- shuntress 8y agoThe facts are not irrelevant and it is extremely misleading to imply that large scale action intended to counteract climate change is somehow required to negatively impact poor or lower-middle-class groups.
- petermcneeley 8y agoIt may not REQUIRE it but that is certainly how its implemented currently. My favorite example is in Toronto where people that dont own homes and dont have the capital for solar panels are paying inflated electric bills to those who do.
- marcoperaza 8y agoWhen the comforts of life become more expensive due to green policies, it is the lower classes who actually suffer a declining standard of living.
- benmmurphy 8y agoThe alternative claim that large scale action won't negatively impact poor or lower middle class groups is more bizarre. Let's assume that there is a cost to counteracting climate change. it is not some kind of free lunch. Then this is only going to not negatively impact the poor or lower-middle class groups if they can push all the cost onto other groups. However, then you have to ask yourself why haven't the poor or lower middle class groups been able to carve out a larger slice of the pie by increasing transfers from other groups to themselves. So suddenly these other groups are going to act more generously to the poor and lower middle class over climate change but not generally. That seems a bit of a leap.