Pushing back against skeptics of taxing the wealthy to pay for efforts to avert climate catastrophe, she says, “I think that it only has ever been radicals that have changed this country.”
— Read on www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/04/call-me-radical-ocasio-cortez-suggests-70-tax-rate-ultra-rich-help-pay-green-new
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jpratt27 
They got the most out of it. Now let’s make them pay their share.
Saving the planet from catastrophic climate change may cost 0.5 to 1% of the GDP. Far less than the spending on military.
Taking climate action now makes good economic sense. The more we delay, the more we pay. We can promote economic growth, eradicate extreme poverty, and improve people’s health and well-being by acting today.
=> https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/climate-action/
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