Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Biden unveils $2 trillion green infrastructure and jobs plan

Story here. It's a more ambitious plan than he ran on in the primary. Why? Largely due to the climate panel AOC sat on. Granted, Biden still didn't support her Green New Deal, but what he is proposing is encouraging:

"Carbon-free power generation by 2035; create jobs that pay at least $15 per hour; overhauls its roads, bridges, trains, auto industry and broadband system; reverse years of Trump administration efforts to ease environmental rules, including by setting up an environmental and climate justice division within the Justice Department; create tools to better monitor and root out pollution that disproportionately leaves communities of color with chronic health issues."

Biden is willing to compromise on progressive policy and his latest plan indicates as much. As Angela Davis noted, he is "far more likely to take [our] demands seriously," while the alternative will shit all over them. We progressives need to know when to take yes for an answer, even if it's not exactly the yes we want right now.

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