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Subject: Re: Gas-Powered Vehicles Saved in California
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 10:50:10 -0400
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On 5/22/2025 10:53 PM, Rhino 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:
>>
>>>>> 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.
>>
>>>> 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....
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>> In almost every instance, I reply with "Yes, absolutely, and I'd vote 
>>> for it
>>> again." Drives them nuts.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Did Trump voters vote for that?
> 
> 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.

Tunnel-visionary...