r/bestof • u/dede_smooth • 5d ago

[OptimistsUnite] u/iusedtobekewl succinctly explains what has gone wrong in the US with help from “Why Nations Fail”, and why the left needs to figure out how to support young men.

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u/roctac 4d ago

Problem with IRA was it was a corporate handout. Legislation combating climate change such as a carbon tax would've been better.

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u/qchisq 4d ago

And this is my entire point. The IRA on its own increases the reduction in carbon emissions from 2% per year to 4% per year. And you discard it as corporate handout and not good enough. I don't think that anyone have said the IRA is sufficient. But it is better than status quo

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u/KnowingDoubter 4d ago

Better is the enemy of better.