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> Politicians on the right have been playing lip service to “illegal immigration” for years. But they all knew just what would happen if they actually did it. B
by throwaway894345 4y ago
> Politicians on the right have been playing lip service to “illegal immigration” for years. But they all knew just what would happen if they actually did it. Business interest and farmers would crucify them.
It's the same thing with climate change on the left (Democrat politicians never manage to pass any kind of carbon pricing because they know they'd get crucified by business interests), but I wouldn't say that the left-wing broadly opposes carbon pricing.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> I wouldn't say that the left-wing broadly opposes carbon pricing. The left wing does not, and much of it actively supports it. The Democratic Party-in-government, dominated by its center-right faction, does oppose it, or at least does not actively support it.