Campaign funding struggles for AOC..

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(08-21-2019, 02:04 AM)Dill Wrote: How do people who don't already agree with you respond when, face to face, you would dissuade them from "stupid" and "really crazy" ideas?

Also, regarding this: "Why not propose legislation to increase renewable R&D funding while cutting fossil fuel subsidies?"

If this has not already been done, why not do you suppose? If it has, what happened? Was there a "common ground" problem?

1. You don't call their ideas stupid and really crazy. It's incredible, I know. Life changing. Most of the time you won't be able to change someones mind, but if you can get someone to at least see your side of the argument that's progress. 

2. Who knows? The last time there was any significant increase in R&D funding it was attached to the stimulus bill in 09 (a one year increase of $13 billion). I have not seen, or heard of, any other specific bills just targeting renewable energy research. If there are any they're probably attached to other bills. Which happens a lot more than you'd think it does. Why is the only solution supporting something as bad as the GND? 

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS22858.pdf