04-07-2022, 12:43 PM
(04-06-2022, 10:38 AM)David Horn Wrote:(04-05-2022, 12:33 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: We need so many changes if we are going to return to progress that benefits most people. As of now, one senator stands in the way of a good start. That is an egregious situation. At a minimum we should write to Sen Manchin and remind him of the consequences of his inaction, even if he does not listen or respond. If Manchin does not act this month, it appears to me that we are putting ourselves in maximum danger of a totally-failed 4T, and if that happens this will mean people on Earth will never see anything like a circa-1950 mood ever again.
I'm certainly no fan of Joe Manchin, but he's a hard nut to crack. His wealth and the vast majority of his income are due to his ownership stake in a coal brokerage. Do you have a solution for that? I don't. So progress needs to pass around not through him.
So let's look elsewhere. Currently, we have a crazy party that has zealous subjects and a wishy-washy sane party that has mild support. The zealots will vote, ; we know that. The only path forward requires the crazy party to go all-in on full-on crazy, so the mild support on the left is scared to the polls out of fear. That may happen, but don't bet your house on it. Barring that, we're in for a long and depressing haul.
Probably, but I am pessimistic about any such Left support in the midterms this year. I have little or no hope for any recovery from such a long and depressing haul. I see such now as never ending, and place no hope in a future prophet generation that will probably never arrive. We can't blow a turning so badly as we are blowing this one, and mostly just because of one senator, and expect future generations to be able to pick up after us, especially from a situation from which we only have 3 years to avert total catastrophe.
I am encouraged that Manchin had agreed to the current climate change provisions in BBBBB. His other reasons for stalling may be just a cover for stopping it, but since he's our only hope, I see no alternative but to write to him and pressure him.