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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Climate Change And Jobs


http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/06/climate-is-not-a-distraction-from-jobs.html

Chait really dissects this better than I can.  I would add one thing more.

The idea that there is a trade-off between good environmental policy and jobs is false.  There is a trade-off between good environmental policy and corporate profits.  But since corporations are sitting on mounds of cash and not hiring, whatever disincentive reduced carbon emission have on the job market is rendered moot by the fact that both corporate cash and unemployment are high right now.

Once again, it is important to remember that only one thing unites the Republican party: the upwards distribution of the wealth of this country.

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