Thrilled To Get Crumbs

Reading all the commentary about the Investment Act, one can't help notice the craven state of the Big Enviros. They were all so prepared to accept nothing that the meager pittance they did recieve is celebrated. Their expectatations that capitalist "democracy" will provide anything have been reduced to this pathetic extent- still they refuse to question the system itself. Like a Dickens orphan it is all "thankyou sir for this bit of gruel." Yes it is all "carrots and no sticks", in other words corporate welfare intended to spur private investment, but nothing can be mandated anymore. Green capitalism is the only possibility. No profit, no deal. This follows the basic trend of what citizens in general now expect from government. Nothing. When told that people in other countries are provided with vastly greater benefits they shrug, mutter something about the nanny state and go back to work. There is money in the bill to help farmers be better stewards and money to make forests more fire resistant. Unfortunately both those horses left the barn a long, long time ago. Farmers have been on welfare for decades but still can't compete without chemicals. Fire is a natural part of the ecosystem and forests need to burn, but we have let things get so bad the fires become catastrophic. To say this is a historic bill is simply to admit insane negligence. Best to watch the parts per million in the atmoshere before you celebrate.