Letters: Climate change should be a top priority for voters

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Voters concerned about the economy, young or otherwise, would do well to finally make climate change a top political issue this year.

Climate change activists chant in front of Chase Tower in downtown Chicago during a rally on April 19, 2024. , which polled the political attitudes of more than 2,000 voters younger than 40, not surprisingly showed that most are concerned about the economy and inflation. What is surprising is that the environment as an issue didn’t rate high among those who will be most affected by human-caused climate change in coming decades.

Voters concerned about the economy, young or otherwise, would do well to finally make climate change a top political issue this year — and then elect leaders who take climate change seriously.June 3), the Tribune Editorial Board notes that the legislation raises “one more barrier to doing business successfully in Illinois, a state already rightly perceived as less than friendly to business.”, Illinois’ business tax climate ranks 37th.

In this context, yet another burden on business as represented by this interchange fee legislation? As a well-known Washington octogenarian has been known to say, “C’mon, man.”While the credit card industry claims the sky is falling at any hint of regulation, it was disappointing to see the Tribune Editorial Board accept such unfounded speculation in a recent editorial. The legislation in question represents a commonsense approach.

Frankly, the doomsaying is part of a pattern. When the Durbin Amendment regulating debit card swipe fees became law in the aftermath of the financial crisis, the credit card industry claimed small banks would go out of business, banks would impose monthly surcharges on bank accounts and free checking would go away.

 

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