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In reply to the discussion: Obama Had a Green New Deal, and It Worked. Let's Do That Again. [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)19. Don't make perfect the enemy of good
Ya ever heard that expression? Do you know what it means?
If we don't reverse the situation, or at least stop it, the money would be better spent preparing the population for the severe changes in climate that are going to be occuring.
You're the one who thinks that we "shouldn't bother" if there is no perfect solution. And in this world, there seldom are - anyone who promises a simple solution to a very complicated problem is selling something or running for political office. The mindset that thinks that there are always clear black and white decisions and if we hold out long enough whoever is "preventing" that perfect solution will be forced to let us have it isn't one that is reflected in the real world.
It would be better spent on figuring out where our food is going to be coming, on where people will be living, and on how we are going to survive as a species.
We can't do both - work on what we can do to slow or reverse climate change and work on dealing with the consequences of it? Again with the all or nothing/ black or white thinking?
Why not?
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So tell us what would have "created the kind of reversals that were and are needed"
ehrnst
May 2019
#4
Actually, many things Obama did worked. Did you read the article at all before responding?
ehrnst
May 2019
#7
"Because working on a politically achievable policy that isn't a solution is a waste of time. "
ehrnst
May 2019
#37
Legislation requires more specificity as to what is mean by pursuing those goals.
ehrnst
May 2019
#11
He wanted it to get the floor so they could vote it down without hearings.
marylandblue
May 2019
#14
Yup, doing "something" that won't make a noticeable difference is worse than nothing.
marylandblue
May 2019
#23
How do we know that this one isn't, to use that suddenly taboo word, "moderate"? We know nothing....
George II
May 2019
#25
If they are not pursuing "IMPEACHMENT" at full volume 24/7 then they get trashed for not
ehrnst
May 2019
#30
Thanks for the info. I am glad there is some movement, and I'll read the bill later.
marylandblue
May 2019
#31
Thanks. Not getting the attention it deserves, even among us political junkies on DU.
marylandblue
May 2019
#33
He had a good healthcare plan, as a starter, excellent comprehensive immigration reform plan,
emmaverybo
May 2019
#27