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  • Re: The Left will silence you

    From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Fri Dec 8 12:52:20 2023
    On 12/8/23 11:39 AM, ScottW wrote:
    Even if it's your job to tell the truth.

    https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle/status/1730584105949991190

    A state economist says he had to resign after suffering retaliation for his analysis that the state's cap-and-trade policy would significantly increase gas prices.

    By implication, you're saying the right doesn't retaliate for
    inconvenient views?

    Let's google and see what you're leaving out...

    First off, it's "cap-and-invest."

    https://www.krem.com/article/news/verify/washington-high-gas-prices-cap-and-invest-verify/293-613d4f85-f8b9-4f03-af84-bd696a5ab545

    So prices are up but it's not clear the new policy is the only cause.

    Retaliation?

    https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_f8e058fe-92fb-11ee-a42d-bbe6e46bf55b.html

    "Faulk balked at the notion that Smith’s position was eliminated by the
    WSDOT prior to the economist’s November retirement, explaining that the
    state Legislature had passed House Bill 1838 “earlier this year that
    would eventually move the essential functions that were performed by Mr.
    Smith from WSDOT to the Economic Revenue Forecast Council.”"

    Looks like a tempest in a right-wing teapot.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sat Dec 9 10:41:37 2023
    On 12/9/23 10:22 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, December 8, 2023 at 10:52:26 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 12/8/23 11:39 AM, ScottW wrote:
    Even if it's your job to tell the truth.

    https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle/status/1730584105949991190

    A state economist says he had to resign after suffering retaliation for his analysis that the state's cap-and-trade policy would significantly increase gas prices.
    By implication, you're saying the right doesn't retaliate for
    inconvenient views?

    What aboutism and moral equivalency? Is that really all you can muster?

    Simply following the logic of your framing. And, no, I mustered actual
    facts in the form of a government official's statement explaining the situation. You must have noticed it as you snipped it. Here's another,
    from the same source:

    "A Friday evening email to The Center Square from Inslee spokesperson
    Mike Faulk claimed, “The OFM individual named in the letter has
    expressed surprise and no recollection of events matching Mr. Smith’s
    claims regarding how his analysis would be used. He does not recall ever talking with this individual about the Climate Commitment Act and does
    not recall needing to ‘approve’ or review reports from Mr. Smith.”

    Faulk went on to say, “There is a quarterly meeting to review the
    assumptions of the forecast that includes staff members from the
    Legislature as well as multiple state agencies. The OFM individual named
    in the letter does not recall the issue of CCA prices coming up during
    the quarterly meetings.”"

    Your views are....inconvenient....for you .

    Well, no. It doesn't bother me a right-winger is on the nuisance suit
    gravy train because shrinking the government led to his early retirement.

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