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Showing Original Post only (View all)$840 billion a yr on military defense-But We Can't Afford more than $2.3 billion for climate crisis? [View all]
Robert Reich
So let me get this straight: we can afford to spend $840 billion a year on military defense, but we cant afford more than $2.3 billion to defend ourselves against the climate crisis? What does this say about our priorities?
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$840 billion a yr on military defense-But We Can't Afford more than $2.3 billion for climate crisis? [View all]
kpete
Jul 2022
OP
Nothing can happen without winning more Senators and holding the House...and if we lose the
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#9
the Manchin Effect is in the ascendency, much to the nation and the planet's great peril
Celerity
Jul 2022
#2
It's a matter of knowing the goal of the war. If accomplished then we "won" as much as we wanted to.
EX500rider
Jul 2022
#29
Right and yet he supports Sanders who is older than Biden and has a heart attack.
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#26
I remember that -- Bernie Sanders supported it because he said it brought jobs to Vermont.
betsuni
Jul 2022
#58
your link is for an entirely different bill (Bioeconomy Research and Development Act) not The CHIPS
Celerity
Jul 2022
#17
no, they were wrong, and I was right, there was zero disinformation from my end
Celerity
Jul 2022
#47
you're conflating things, the bill you posted the link to has nothing to do with chip manufacturing
Celerity
Jul 2022
#45
again, you are wrong, that link you posted was NOT for the Chips-Plus part (aka the semiconductor
Celerity
Jul 2022
#55
HR 4521 appropriated $52B for semiconductor funding, at least according to Speaker Pelosi
lapucelle
Jul 2022
#63
Again, that portion, in its final form, of the overall Act is not passed yet in the House.
Celerity
Jul 2022
#66
And...? The entire House Progressive Caucus STLL voted for semiconductor funding in HR 4521.
lapucelle
Jul 2022
#67
It's Speaker Pelosi making the claim that there is superconductor funding in HR 4521,
lapucelle
Jul 2022
#54
the House has NOT Voted on the CHIPS for America Act yet as I keep showing over and over
Celerity
Jul 2022
#56
People are responsible for the assumptions they make, including faulty assumptions
lapucelle
Jul 2022
#64
There never was a vote on FINAL passage in the House (meaning if passed it goes to Biden's desk for
Celerity
Jul 2022
#57
their claim is wrong, the Chip-Plus package (the semiconductor funding) has NOT passed the House yet
Celerity
Jul 2022
#49
Remember all those field hospitals the Army Corps of Engineers built during the dark, early
lapucelle
Jul 2022
#41
New York Air, Army, and Navel Reserves engage in pop up missions at NYC airports, train stations,
lapucelle
Jul 2022
#40
Until our owners figure out how to make climate change a cash cow for investors looking to
jalan48
Jul 2022
#12
They're doing quite well at that, promoting renewable energy schemes that benefit wealthy people...
hunter
Jul 2022
#16
The only problem with your idea is that it goes against the free market and private property
Calculating
Jul 2022
#19
If only Reich knew people in the Democratic Administration and Congress to discuss this with
brooklynite
Jul 2022
#31
Manchin has agreed to include ***$369B*** for Energy Security & Climate Change.
Nevilledog
Jul 2022
#34
Reich should get the entertainment entrepreneur to tweet about the $150,000,000,000,000 F-35. N/T
lapucelle
Jul 2022
#43
I wish some Dem would be shrewd enough to link climate change into national defense. It is of cours
Samrob
Jul 2022
#38