Re: Gas-Powered Vehicles Saved in California

On 5/22/2025 9:03 PM, shawn wrote:

On Fri, 23 May 2025 03:18:28 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
 

Rhino  <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

On 2025-05-22 10:45 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

May 22, 2025 at 3:38:50 PM PDT, Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>:

2025-05-22 4:49 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

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Today the Senate revoked California's EPA waiver which allows
them to impose stricter air quality regulations than the federal
government. This basically torpedoes Gavvy Newsom's 2035 ban on
gas-powered vehicles. He's spittin' mad and is vowing to sue. I have
no idea on what basis he plans to sue.  "California has a right, alone
among all the states, to be exempt from federal regulations." Doesn't
sound like a winning case to me.

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I think we have a similar ban here, also set for 2035. The new PM, is a
real eco-Nazi so I'm going to be shocked if he repeals it. The Liberal
Party in this country continues to be a clown show, even after replacing
the head clown....

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The X-Twitters is full of hysterical leftists posting news items like the one
above and asking Trump voters, "Is this what you voted for?" with the
implication that most of them wouldn't have voted for Trump if they knew he
would do this.

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In almost every instance, I reply with "Yes, absolutely, and I'd vote for it
again." Drives them nuts.

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Trump just got US credit downgraded, which means even higher interest on
the national debt. Plus, at his urging, Congress will add $3.8 trillion
to the national debt. Plus, Trump's trade insanity is about to trigger a
worldwide recession.
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Did Trump voters vote for that?

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Presumably not. But he's describing his various actions as short-term
pain for long-term gain. I think the jury's still out on whether that is
wishful thinking or a visionary plan that might actually work.

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Yeah. I'm kind of thinking of the sequence of international trade,
worldwide depression, then WWII. Let's avoid that.

 No, I think there's a contingent among the Trump voters that would
love a war. Not necessarily WWIII as that's going a bit overboard, but
a war with someone would help them sleep at night. As for a world wide
depression doesn't that just mean an opportunity to buy goods,
businesses, land at cheap prices for those with the means? So that's a
good thing for the well off.

Which the vast majority of Trump voter are not.  (Well off.  And they are taking the brunt of the pain from the chainsaw act.)
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