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> income tax rates under Eisenhower were as high as 90 percent. Climate change is not WWII.
by kansface 8y ago
> income tax rates under Eisenhower were as high as 90 percent.
Climate change is not WWII.
- Daishiman 8y agoNo, it is actually much, much worse.
- kenforthewin 8y agoYou're right - the stakes are much higher with climate change.
- kansface 8y agoSure, but they are not imminent (what is the pearl harbor of climate change?). Further, climate change is highly politicized whereas WWII mobilized the entire country in purpose.
- InitialLastName 8y ago> what is the pearl harbor of climate change? I'd say Katrina, Sandy, Irene, Maria, Camp, Woolsey, and Mendocino, but if you're not convinced already you'll never be.
- sierdolij 8y agoDisclaimer: I'm apolitical because right/left is divide-and-conquer, divided-we-fall noise. Climate change shouldn't be political or some far-off hypothetical.. no propaganda, rationalization or BS can deny the mountain of evidence that it's an immediate, existential threat that demands immediate, decisive action on the decatrillion-dollar moonshot scale (roughly the total, multi-decade cost of Iraq & Afghanistan).
- british_india 8y agoOh yes they are! The CO2 warming we are seeing today come from CO2 that entered the atmosphere 10 years ago. So, the damage is happening RIGHT NOW.
- kuhhk 8y ago> income tax rates under Eisenhower were as high as 90 percent. > Climate change is not WWII. The sentence you highlighted has nothing to do with WWII. Eisenhower was president from 1953 to 1961.