These past 4 years of President Trump in the White House have been instructive. While the President fondly remembers the good old days in planning for our future, the Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party and the Lincoln organization in the Republican Party both have outlined their commitment to respond to ever-present signs of serious change confronting mankind in the offing.
Specifically, Progressives have argued the US should not have abandoned Europe's desire to make country-by-country commitment to end large-scale use of fossil fuels; and opened an invitation to the US to join with them.
While political populists turn to the past as justification of the right of corporations to pollute as always-- should they want to do so, it is the auto industry itself that has come forth with their several earnest declarations of intent to manufacture electric cars--transportation not dependent on the popular fuel of cars in the past. Indeed, in general, the business world has taken a lead in responding to the dangers to the environment of naive reliance upon past ways, when government has become immune to legal injunctions against big-time corporation polluters.
Another point: Republican response to the pandemic was initially to give money to corporations--mostly, the very large corporations, only lesser amounts to mid-size companies--and to the citizenry who have directly been hit by its effects in their pocket; and to the local and state governments for use to increase the medical apparatus and personnel necessary in tackling the virus, they are impervious to the crying need for continued monetary support at the level to maintain maintenance of the wherewithal involved. "Let them do what they can with what the federal government has supplied them all," the Congress has seemed to say through their inaction to pass any more in relief.
No comments:
Post a Comment