Joshua Green: “Let’s take only the Obama presidency. Had the filibuster not applied,
the United States would have a market-based system to control carbon
emissions, which would limit the damage from global warming, vitalize
the clean technology sector, and challenge other large polluters like
China and India to do the same. The new health care law would have a
public option. Children of undocumented immigrants who served two years
in the military or went to college could become US citizens. Women paid
less than their male colleagues because of their gender would have
broader legal recourse against their employers. Billionaires would not
be able to manipulate the political system from behind a veil of
anonymity.”
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