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Rhiana Gunn-Wright
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politico.com/story/2019/03/…

"...the $93 trillion figure does not appear anywhere in the think tank’s report — and AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin confessed he has no idea how much exactly the Green New Deal would cost."

bruh.
"'Is it billions or trillions?' asked Holtz-Eakin, a former director of the Congressional Budget Office. 'Any precision past that is illusory.'"

Bruh.
"When they set out to put a price tag on the Green New Deal last month, Holtz-Eakin and his associates had no real policy or plan to evaluate, so they *made one up* to perform back-of-the-envelope calculations."

BRUH.
there are so many issues here that i can't even begin. but let's leave it here: i better not see anyone else – man or media – cite that number like it's real, or we're gonna fight 😂
i mean, i can't actually fight. but i'll try! LEMME AT 'EM.
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Rhiana Gunn-Wright
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that brings us to door #5 – our last and final door – sweet buds.

DOOR 5: YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT COSTS WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT BENEFITS AND THE COST OF INACTION. 26/
even if we do nothing, the climate crisis will cost us money. (NASA estimates that climate change cost the U.S. $91 billion just last year.) and some argue that the estimates of economic loss are likely too low b/c it's so difficult to estimate second-order effects. 27/
there is no scenario where the climate crisis comes at no cost. but without mitigation, we will just be losing money – not investing it and getting returns from those investments like in the GND. and the GND will bring benefits. 28/
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Rhiana Gunn-Wright
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🚨 ALERT ALERT 🚨 it's time for a new episode of debunking myths about the #GreenNewDeal. today we're talking the recent $93T cost estimate for the GND and why it's a problem.

warning – this one might get a little feisty, but i'm gonna try to keep my nerves under control. 1/
to keep things fun, i'm gonna structure this as a game (since they're clearly playing by releasing this estimate). i'm gonna present 5 doors. behind each is an explanation for why the estimate is flawed. the grand prize is that you never have to think about this again! 2/
WELCOME TO "GUESS THE PROBLEMS WITH THAT GUESSTIMATE!" i am your lovely host, rhiana. think of me as steve harvey but with better gender politics and worse suits.

now, are you buds ready for door #1?! 3/
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Rhiana Gunn-Wright
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i loved this interview. not just because delong points that the political alignment you need to support centrist policies does not exist, but because he is open about the fact that centrist policies are often not the best or most effective policies. vox.com/policy-and-pol…
and that's not a dig at centrist policy! rather, it's an acknowledgement that all policy is influenced by political considerations and ideologies about what is the most desired/desirable political economy.
rarely are we allowed to talk about policies proposed from the left without that acknowledgement. but centrist policy is often treated like it is inherently objective, logical, and uninfluenced by political concerns.
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