> you can't both say "public policy will change purchasing decisions" and "appetite for such public policy changes is pretty weak." Fortunately I didn’t say t

> you can't both say "public policy will change purchasing decisions" and "appetite for such public policy changes is pretty weak." Fortunately I didn’t say that: > People make purchasing decisions based on their environment, and that environment is heavily influenced by public policy. Your editorializing of public policy has an impact in general, to public policy will move in this direction is doing the heavy lifting here and is putting words in my mouth. Ultimately, policy is a choice, it isn’t something that exists as a force of nature that we can’t control. While I share your pessimism that anything will get done, that pessimism can’t be left to become a self fulfilling prophecy.