Look, I think cap-and-trade is bad policy on the merits. But global warming is a) a real problem and b) deserves a serious response. I am also baffled by the idea that a survey of non-experts (namely, the American public) should determine whether we take climate change seriously.
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It’s irrelevant as it pertains to the question of whether or how the science is accurate, but it’s not irrelevant when it comes to being able to take action. Particularly action that is going to require sacrifice on the part of the American people.Report
Be careful. You’re starting to sound like one of those liberals who thinks people who actually know what they’re talking about should be in charge of making policy. You know, “experts”.Report
“Technocrats”.Report
Dear Elitist,
How come you hate America?Report
Yes, if only that pesky democracy weren’t standing in your way, Utopia could proceed on schedule.
This has been the argument of elitists for centuries. There’s always some pressing reason to abrogate freedom for the greater good. Thirty years ago it was overpopulation; today it’s climate change. The common thread is always: you people don’t know what’s good for you.
Your post suggests that, had you the power, you’d implement whatever policies you deem best even if a majority disagreed with you. If that’s true, you have publicly outed yourself an authoritarian and an autocrat. A more modern term might be “statist.” It’s antithetical to democracy and you ought to be ashamed of yourself, but I don’t suppose you will be.Report
I’m happy to debate our policy response to global warming; I think it’s absurd, however, to suggest that the public is equipped to assess the relevant scientific data.Report
In a democracy, it is incumbent on people to acutally make the scientific case. You just cannot decide that people are too stupid to understand it when they don’t buy your arguments.Report