Current Events > 70% of Americans want US to take 'aggressive' action to combat climate change

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Yet only a third would support an extra tax of $100 a year to help and only 33% said theyd be willing to trade their car in for an electric vehicle.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-climatechange/americans-demand-climate-action-reuters-poll-idUSKCN1TR15W

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 70 percent of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, want the United States to take aggressive action to combat climate change - but only a third would support an extra tax of $100 a year to help, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Wednesday.

The results underscore a crucial challenge for Democrats seeking to unseat President Donald Trump in next years election. Many will have to balance their calls for strict environmental regulation with a convincing argument for why the changes are good for taxpayers and the economy.

There isnt any doubt climate change has emerged as an important issue in this election, said G. Terry Madonna, Director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin and Marshall College. But when it comes to how you will pay for it, thats what can make a big difference.

Nearly all the Democratic contenders for the White House have supported the goal of quickly eliminating U.S. carbon emissions by replacing fossil fuels with clean energy. Such ideas aim to tap into a growing sense of urgency about global warming on both sides of the political divide.

Their plans arent cheap. Front-runner Joe Biden, for example, pitched a $1.7 trillion plan to zero-out emissions by 2050 that would be financed in part by repealing Trumps tax cuts. Elizabeth Warren, meanwhile, pitched a $2 trillion plan to be paid for through higher corporate taxes.

Republicans and some labor unions have panned their ideas as a threat to jobs and not feasible in a country that has become the worlds top oil producer.

Americans generally support Democratic calls for urgent action on climate change, according to the poll of more than 3,000 people conducted between June 11 and 14. A majority believe the United States should transition to 100% clean energy within a decade, and that clean energy would on balance create new jobs and growth instead of hurt jobs and the economy.

But the plans quickly lose support when voters sense they come with a personal price tag, such paying extra taxes, higher power bills, or trading in their current vehicle for an electrical one, the poll showed.

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Irony posted...

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Just say the billionaires will pay for it.
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A majority believe the United States should transition to 100% clean energy within a decade

These are not people living in reality. It's a beautiful dream but you'd have to be incredibly naive to think that it can happen in that short of a time frame.
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It's easy to want and demand stuff when you don't have to do anything.....so

Just say the billionaires will pay for it.

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And I'm not even a part of the 70%
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"These are costly measures. The solutions are real, but they won't come cheap."

"Good. Fuck those billionaires. Big business can reach into their pockets and do something right for a change."

"No, we need your money."

"...Global Warming's probably a myth anyway."

Because telling a first world nation that prides itself on freedom of a lifestyle that they need to sacrifice their higher lifestyle and live insanely frugal with a higher cost of living will never get support.

"I want drastic change on big issues because I'm a compassionate "progressive" person but I don't want any negative impact to my bank account, personal comfort or daily life!"

Yup, that sounds like the average democratic voter.
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70% virch about climate change.
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I would pay $100 a year and would trade in for an electric if I could afford it
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Basically they would need to go to war and conquer places like china and Bangladesh and force them to reduce emissions to make a diff
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Skye Reynolds posted...

"These are costly measures. The solutions are real, but they won't come cheap."

"Good. Fuck those billionaires. Big business can reach into their pockets and do something right for a change."

"No, we need your money."

"...Global Warming's probably a myth anyway."

lol
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I wonder how that aggressive action is going to be manipulated for corporate interest.
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