Collateral Damage?
- Lucian@going2paris.net
- Jul 1, 2022
- 1 min read
Charlottesville
July 1, 2022
I‘m not a big fan of the Supreme Court decision regarding the EPA. I believe that we deserve a unified approach to climate change and now the odds of having that are reduced. And Lord knows, Congress will never act on it.
What will we get instead? I suspect many blue states will enact their own legislation regarding climate change, resulting in a patchwork of regulations. Companies will have to navigate that patchwork, resulting in inefficiencies and increased costs to us, the consumers.
States’ rights. I’m convinced more than ever that we are headed toward a split. One new country can live under the original Constitution and the other new country (or countries) can develop new constitutions reflecting the lessons we have learned.
Hyperbolic? Perhaps. But Texas Republicans seem to agree with the idea as they advocate Texas reserving the right to break off from the USA.
This is one of those posts I probably should sit on before I hit “publish.” Nah, i think I’ve captured my raw reaction pretty well.
I think the biggest problem facing the country now is that many want a simple majority rule based on absolute numbers. Certainly that is becoming clear that the Senate and House want simple majority only to decide laws. The largest populated cities would control most aspects of life in the current USA rendering those living in far less populated states with no voice at all. That scares me. One of the brilliant aspects of the original form of government was to ensure there wasn't a tyranny of the majority. I am in agreement with you and would support splitting up the country into as many independent country(s) as the people in those less populated states desire. Oregon is a…