Hey John,
How is it possible that in a democracy, our representatives could pass a budget that slashes healthcare benefits to pay for tax cuts for corporations and billionaires?
The answer is simple: we barely have a democracy left anymore.
A few corporate interests and extremely wealthy people have bought out wide swathes of politicians - including almost the entirety of the GOP. And chief among them is the fossil fuel industry.
We’ve been organizing hard against the Trump administration’s undemocratic power grabs all year, publicizing the deeply unpopular moves he’s making. Now we’re gearing up to go after some of his biggest financial backers: the fossil fuel industry.
The fossil fuel industry knows that people of all backgrounds want decisive climate action. They know that nobody wants to live near their dirty, polluting factories, that nobody wants to breathe the air and water they poison.
They know most people would prefer clean neighborhoods with trees and parks and kids and adults biking around, and cute little markets and bookstores.
The only way to keep us trapped in hours of traffic every day, buying their product, is to remove our say.
To beat back the rising tide of fascism in America, we have to Make Polluters Pay.
Let's do this.
Team Sunrise