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Stargazer99

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4. Big business is the problem-too big to control and capitalism has no morals-so death and destruction

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Fri Oct 18, 2024, 10:31 AM

Oct 18

that the middle class tax payer pays for- and big business Welfare Queens are the leading benefiter of taxpayer money (it costs the government big bucks to clean up the messes of violent weather. At times I wonder how people cannot see this fact....manipulation of politics and/or gaslighting/or willing stuidity

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New York officials call for big oil to be prosecuted for fueling climate disasters [View all] Passages Oct 18 OP

Good, let's hope this is the start of every state, agency or other... Think. Again. Oct 18 #1

Unless we put in place a 10 or 20 year plan to phase out fossil fuels this will just be price of doing business for... dutch777 Oct 18 #2

"These disasters are fueled by the climate crisis, which is primarily caused by the burning of fossil fuels." MichMan Oct 18 #3

And what alternative vehicle does the gas user have? Punish the user but not the producer? Stargazer99 Oct 18 #5

News flash. They do make EV and fuel efficient ICE vehicles MichMan Oct 18 #6

So we make the middleclass taxpayer pay for it? Big business are the biggest Welfare Queens in the nation Stargazer99 Oct 18 #7

The consumer always pays MichMan Oct 18 #8

Punish those who are not the cause of the problem my point big business are the real Welfare Queens Stargazer99 Oct 18 #9

That is nice you have the money to purchase one of these vehicles-that doesn't mean everybody does Stargazer99 Oct 18 #10

I don't drive an EV, nor do I have a Pickup or SUV MichMan Oct 18 #11

Big business is the problem-too big to control and capitalism has no morals-so death and destruction Stargazer99 Oct 18 #4