Mayday! Mayday! Jobs, Health Care, and Trump’s Tantrum
We need to put an end to Trump’s war spending tax cuts for the wealthy and redirect those monies to public spending, especially social support programs.
Climate superfunds are a sensible way to put some of the costs back where they belong, but we’ll get them only if the public demands them.
The stated rationale for jettisoning environmental protections is that they are inefficient and have “suffocated” the economy. But economic benefits must be weighed against costs, including impacts on human health.