Brace Yourself

According to the NEW YORK TIMES, "American business is gearing up for a major push on long-sought goals like an overhaul of the corporate tax system, building the Keystone oil pipeline, lighter environmental and financial regulation and winning congressional backing for trade deals with Asia and Europe." In other words, as climate change worsens, the fancy people and their corporations will grow richer, and the purchasing power of ordinary people will shrink. When ordinary people cannot afford to buy new water heaters, we will slip into a recession. Jobs will continue to be exported to places where people are lucky to work for a dollar an hour. 

The only person who can slow this process in the next two years is President Obama. Brace yourself.