co-sign 1&2 strongly.
Disagree with #3. DoE doesn't need to be broken up but def needs to be reformed. We've fallen really far behind the rest of the world in eduction.
Neutral on the FTC and FCC argument. I don't think the President needs to have power over these agencies but at the same time these agencies give in to lobbyists so maybe it'll be an ok counter influence.
Impounding funds sounds sketch and seems it could easily go against the will of the people.
100% on board with stripping employment protections from lazy ass government workers. Being tenured in government is a joke and IMO is a major reason for government inefficiency and competency.
Also on board with hunting down political intelligence agents. They are a threat to the public interest and undermine the will of the people.
Blew my mind that you took that shyt at face value. They've proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that they don't want to "restore integrity" to the DOJ, "depoliticize" intelligence, or fire "lazy" government employees. They just want to wipe out the entire staff of every agency and put their own people in charge. They want those positions MORE politicized, not less. Come on now.
I already know this will be an unpopular thought but investing in gas infrastructure is important and critical for the next few decades. Fossil fuels aren't going anywhere - even if you eliminate them from cars, petroleum products are still heavily used in everything else that we use. This green rush is really fukking expensive and right now its a bit of a lie. Your electric Tesla is still getting its power from fossil fuel plants. Until we go full nuclear, "green" energy is disingenuous.
Nah, that's factually wrong. An electric car is far more efficient than an internal-combustion car and produces far less emissions no matter where it sources its electricity. Even a bunch of gas-powered plants producing electricity well and capturing most of the emissions is far more efficient and cleaner than running that gas through a billion different poorly designed engines with limited capture tech.
And, of course, there's also the infrastructure lag issue. If you convert the fleet to electric now, your energy becomes green as fast as the plants go green. But every batch of internal combustion engines you produce ensures 10-20 more years of heavy emissions regardless of how green the grid is.
With the rise of BRICS, which controls a large portion of the oil market, we NEED to have a counter - and thats domestic production. Besides economic reasons, this is a major security issue if BRICS ever goes up against us.
Now you're directly contradicting your previous two points. If we want to be less vulnerable to foreign manipulation of the oil markets, then we should want LESS domestic consumption of oil, not more. What's the point of pumping more oil if you just use it right away? We already have elite capacity to pump oil, it's stupid as fukk to keep ruining that leverage by burning it all the moment it's out of the ground. Domestic oil only works as leverage against BRICS if we haven't used it yet.
And unless you forgot to mention, "Nationalize the oil industry", you should already know that domestic oil production hardly has any impact on securing cheap energy prices at home, cause it all goes straight to the global market.
Most Americans cannot afford a Tesla, cannot afford a $3000 charging station at their house, cannot afford a 20k battery replacement, etc. Going green is very expensive and prices out a majority of Americans.
2023's average new car price is $49,500, whereas you can buy a new Tesla for $40,000. So it's actually cheaper than the average new car.
You can get a Hyundai Kona Electric for $33,550, a Mini Cooper SE electric for $29,000, a Nissan Leaf for $28,000, a Chevy Bolt EUV for $27,800, or a regular Chevy Bolt for $26,500. And those will keep getting cheaper every year. So come on now, the cheapest new EVs are only a few thousand more than the cheapest gas-powered cars, and you'll make up the difference in gas savings within a year or two.
In terms of your home grid, everyone I know personally who has installed solar has saved money in the long run. Most other examples of going green involve less consumption and less spending, not more.
Not that I think green tech is the full solution - we need to drastically reduce consumption to stop the already collapsing ecosystems from dying completely. But green tech has to be part of the solution or we're fukked. I don't see how your plan to juice the economy and ramp up consumption even more can work on any time frame.