Texas Senate passes bill aiming to counter federal subsidies for wind and solar

Re:Texas Senate passes bill aiming to counter federal subsid... by adamcstephens on Thursday April 08, 2021 @08:05AM (#26737703)

The Republicans control most of the statehouses, while the Democrats barely hold together a weak majority in Congress. I’m not sure I’d go so far as to say the right has a weak political position.

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Re:Texas Senate passes bill aiming to counter federal subsid... by willis936 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @08:18AM (#26737789)

Semantics. My point is that it costs political capital to be responsible for an easily avoidable disaster.

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Re:Texas Senate passes bill aiming to counter federal subsid... by adamcstephens on Thursday April 08, 2021 @05:45PM (#26744184)

They’re not semantics, my comment is about power and who is willing to wield it.

Republicans will still vote for Republicans even when avoidable disasters happen. There are two choices, and they’re not going to give a shit that Democrats were slightly less bad on the subject.

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Re:Texas Senate passes bill aiming to counter federal subsid... by willis936 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @07:16PM (#26744947)

So you’re saying it does not cost political capital to be responsible for policies that caused a disaster? Where’s the good faith in this discussion or the people who suffered the disaster?

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Re:Texas Senate passes bill aiming to counter federal subsid... by adamcstephens on Thursday April 08, 2021 @09:56PM (#26745951)

It doesn’t truly cost, no. What was the cost to the Iraq war, or the deregulation of Wall Street in the 90s? The public has a short memory, and few choices.

I don’t have to agree with this in order to recognize it.

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