GOP Candidate Says the Climate Bill Is Bad Because “We’ve Got Enough Trees”

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GOP Candidate Says the Climate Bill Is Bad Because “We’ve Got Enough Trees”
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Herschel Walker has said that the Democrats’ climate bill is a waste of money because “We have enough trees.”

on Twitter, outright lying about the IRA. “Yes, you heard me right,” he said. Democrats “are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it. Yes, I have a problem with that.”in new spending — an exceedingly small portion of the total amount.raise taxes on people making less than $400,000 a year; in other words, Walker’s claim is false.

The bill does place a minimum tax on corporations and gives funding to the Internal Revenue Service to enforce taxes on the rich,It’s additionally untrue that the bill won’t directly help the public outside of its efforts to mitigate the climate crisis. Though much smaller than what progressives had advocated for last year, the bill still includes provisions like allowing Medicare to negotiate the prices of certain drugs to lower prices for beneficiaries.

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