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> Wood Mackenzie estimated the cost to decarbonize the U.S. grid alone would be $4.5 trillion The 2017 tax cut cost $1.5 trillion. I'm starting to suspect that
by barneygumble742 7y ago
> Wood Mackenzie estimated the cost to decarbonize the U.S. grid alone would be $4.5 trillion
The 2017 tax cut cost $1.5 trillion. I'm starting to suspect that priorities are being misplaced.
- kragen 7y agoThe tax cut cost the government $1.5 trillion, but provided that same $1.5 trillion directly to the taxpayers. It was a pure transfer, not a cost in the sense that we're talking about here, which involves the consumption of natural resources and human labor, for which the dollars are merely a numerical representation. A better comparison would be the cost of some boondoggle defense program, or the prison system, or unemployment.