Thread by @sdgrumbine

Pretend you understand #MMT(Modern Monetary Theory) and look down at your child, knowing we have literally no time left to substantively reduce our carbon footprint and little time to stave off some of the more deleterious effects of climate change heading towards us. 1/x

You know that Congress and other sovereign currency issuing nations can simply spend what must be spent to save us all from disaster. Raising taxes isn't required to "fund* these efforts. Just political will and an informed, economically literate populous.

Now... pretend that the major parties are both corrupt and 3rd parties are steeped in economic illiteracy that edges up on at worst criminal negligence and the very least incompetence.

What do you do?

Now stop pretending.

That is what we are facing today.

The Democrats want to reduce deficits. (At least some Dems like @RepJohnYarmuth get it right and understand MMT, but he is a needle in a haystack) The Republicans want to reduce public services while blowing up the deficit on the wealthy.

The Greens want to End the Fed, Green the Dollar, create some non-elected monetary reform board and then... deal with climate change.

So.

We are FUBAR. Get it? Still wondering what I am talking about?

Congress alone can fix this. Can pay for it with keystrokes. Deficit spend without raising a nickel of taxes and If that seems to hard to get, then we are more screwed than anyone couldve ever dreamed. We need activists!!!
#LearnMMT #EachOneTeachOne #GreenNewDeal #climatejustice

So you know how bad this really is.

@Drrck_Mls has laid this out in spades

realprogressives.org/mmt-green-part…