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The Godfathers of big American car companies are in Congress today begging to keep their lower mileage standards. I'm so choked up for them, I can hardly type.
For year, the Junta has protected these fragile auto billionaires from doing anything that would remotely help consumers or, as breathing entities, their own miserable leather lungs. They had it pretty good.
It's one o those crystallizing cases where the public good - lower carbon emissions and higher vehicle mileage for all vehicles - clashes with Big Auto and Petro interests. And guess who wins that? Every time. 10 times out of 10.
Let's hope that winning percentage takes a hit. The nation - the world - cannot go on with the greediest human on the planet calling all the shots. It just can't. The Junta has sold off the environment and its citizens for a penny on a buck for so long now, it's hard to recognize that there ever were 'public servants' who actually worked to improve the lives of Americans.
Did you know, for example, that there used to be government lawyers who would try to make voting fair? It's true. There used to be government scientists who would - get this - test food and pharmaceutical products to make sure they were safe for consumption? And they would report it when the stuff was bad?
Even when the corporations lost money because of it?
Yes, these things used to be part of our expectations - we just thought that when something was harmful the government would tell us about it. We used to think that if pollution was killing us and our land and water, that would be more important than official cronies making a buck out of it.
No, really. I mean it.
And now, there is a possibility that efficiency and emissions standards will be increased - even though industry fat cats are against it.
Wow. Talk about retro.
For year, the Junta has protected these fragile auto billionaires from doing anything that would remotely help consumers or, as breathing entities, their own miserable leather lungs. They had it pretty good.
It's one o those crystallizing cases where the public good - lower carbon emissions and higher vehicle mileage for all vehicles - clashes with Big Auto and Petro interests. And guess who wins that? Every time. 10 times out of 10.
Let's hope that winning percentage takes a hit. The nation - the world - cannot go on with the greediest human on the planet calling all the shots. It just can't. The Junta has sold off the environment and its citizens for a penny on a buck for so long now, it's hard to recognize that there ever were 'public servants' who actually worked to improve the lives of Americans.
Did you know, for example, that there used to be government lawyers who would try to make voting fair? It's true. There used to be government scientists who would - get this - test food and pharmaceutical products to make sure they were safe for consumption? And they would report it when the stuff was bad?
Even when the corporations lost money because of it?
Yes, these things used to be part of our expectations - we just thought that when something was harmful the government would tell us about it. We used to think that if pollution was killing us and our land and water, that would be more important than official cronies making a buck out of it.
No, really. I mean it.
And now, there is a possibility that efficiency and emissions standards will be increased - even though industry fat cats are against it.
Wow. Talk about retro.
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