Biden's climate law has led to 86,000 new jobs and $132 billion in investment, new report says : climate

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

While republicans are laser focused on drag queens and trans bathrooms.

[-] aksdb@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago

Giving the industry something to do is good for the economy?! Weird .... /s

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Remember when Republicans were angry that a oil company couldn't build a giant oil pipeline and said, "He's taking away jobs!" Totally ignoring that the pipeline would actually destroy jobs for truckers and everyone around that?

No point to the story I just wanted to share that.

[-] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I don't have a comment on the law, but the logic in the headline is just stupid.

You can make a law requiring the lawns to have grass neatly arranged and you will create millions of jobs of people going through lawns with a fine comb and billions in investment to optimize and automate it.

"Creating" jobs and investment via regulation isn't a positive in and of itself. In fact, it can be detrimental like the aforementioned example.

[-] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 year ago

Classic whataboutism.

In 2022, there were about 582,462 homeless people living in the United States, compared to 580,466 in 2020. Within the provided time period, the highest number of homeless people living in the United States was in 2007, at 647,258.

[-] Tordoc@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Multiple issues can exist at once.

[-] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

What good is having housing if you don't have a job to pay rent?

Plenty of jobs don't require a stable address. It's a small ask to provide a PO box for homeless people.

[-] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Unless I'm mistaken, employers specifically avoid employing homeless people, and having a PO box instead of a street address is a pretty strong clue that you're homeless.

[-] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

True, but fixing that is way easier than somehow housing all the homeless people

[-] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

How do you fix that?

[-] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Providing tax breaks to businesses that hire homeless people, off the top of my head.

[-] invno1@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

you're mistaken. I've had a PO box for 30+ years and maybe 5 different employers in that time period. Admittedly anecdotal but I've never had an employer ask me about the PO box.

[-] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't expect them to ask you. I'd expect them to ghost you. Interesting to see it isn't always that way.

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