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[Podcast Episode] Your Home, Your Job, Your Future: Why the Climate Crisis Is Now America's Biggest Economic Threat · Uncensored Objection

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  SPEAKER_01: Imagine this.
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  SPEAKER_01: Trillions of dollars in coastal,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: wildfire prone real estate just becoming impossible to insure.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wow.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's quite a starting point.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sounds pretty drastic.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it's not sci fi.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's actually a key point in some analysis we're looking at today.
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  SPEAKER_01: Welcome to the deep dive.
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  SPEAKER_00: So what's the source for this?
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  We're diving into a piece from attorney Mitch Jackson's
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  uncensored objection substack.
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  SPEAKER_01: He's tackling some big political and economic shifts he sees in 2025.
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  SPEAKER_01: And the context is Donald Trump is currently president.
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  SPEAKER_00: OK.
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  And what Mitch Jackson is really digging into,
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  it sounds like,
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  is this link.
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  SPEAKER_00: This direct connection he sees between the,
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  SPEAKER_00: well,
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  the climate crisis that's obviously escalating and what he's
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  framing as a new
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  SPEAKER_00: economic crisis.
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  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's moving beyond just, you know, environmental concerns.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not just melting ice caps anymore.
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  It's about your actual finances,
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  the stability of,
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  well,
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  everything economic.
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  SPEAKER_01: Precisely.
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  So our mission today for you listening is to really get our
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  heads around how these
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  SPEAKER_01: two huge things are getting tangled up,
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  SPEAKER_01: at least according to this article.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kind of a shortcut to understanding a pretty critical issue then.
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  SPEAKER_00: And how it might affect things.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's the idea.
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  SPEAKER_01: We're looking at analysis connecting environmental changes to,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: real tangible money problems.
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  SPEAKER_00: OK, let's get into it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Where does the article start?
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  SPEAKER_01: So it paints this picture, right?
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  SPEAKER_01: How climate change impacts rising seas, stronger hurricanes.
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  Those awful wildfires are hitting home values,
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  literally,
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  and their insurability.
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  SPEAKER_00: OK, that makes sense.
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  SPEAKER_00: But where does it become like a bigger economic thing?
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  SPEAKER_01: Well, here's where it gets interesting.
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  SPEAKER_01: When the insurance companies,
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  SPEAKER_01: the ones whose whole business is figuring out risk,
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  SPEAKER_01: start saying,
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  SPEAKER_01: nope,
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  SPEAKER_01: too risky for whole areas,
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  SPEAKER_01: the fallout spreads way beyond just those homeowners.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: The article uses this analogy, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Like a house losing its value, but that triggers wider problems.
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  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's not just one person's misfortune.
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  SPEAKER_01: Homeownership is, well, it's foundational security for so many families.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you suddenly can't get insurance or it costs a fortune.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: That security just crumbles.
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  SPEAKER_00: It starts a chain reaction.
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  SPEAKER_01: Totally.
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  SPEAKER_01: Think about it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Can't insure your house.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's value tanks.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then banks get nervous about lending money there.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mortgages dry up.
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  SPEAKER_01: Which pushes the housing market down even further.
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  SPEAKER_01: And this hits families right where it hurts.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah,
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  SPEAKER_00: like trying to sell your biggest asset,
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  SPEAKER_00: your home,
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  SPEAKER_00: and finding nobody can insure it or the cost is just insane.
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  SPEAKER_01: Suddenly college funds might vanish, retirement savings get hammered.
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  SPEAKER_00: And even if you're not in one of those zones, you could feel it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rising rents, maybe?
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  Because the housing supply shrinks or landlords pass on their
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  own crazy insurance costs.
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  Yeah,
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  that article even suggests some landlords might just walk away
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  if the math doesn't work.
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  SPEAKER_01: Abandoned properties.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this doesn't just stay in the housing market, does it?
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  SPEAKER_00: He argues it spreads.
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  SPEAKER_01: No, it creates this domino effect through the whole economy.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's a key point.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, so.
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  SPEAKER_01: Crashing home values,
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  SPEAKER_01: people defaulting on mortgages,
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  SPEAKER_01: that puts huge pressure on banks,
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  SPEAKER_01: other financial institutions.
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  SPEAKER_00: So a weaker banking system means tighter lending for everyone.
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  SPEAKER_00: Businesses, too.
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  SPEAKER_01: could be,
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  SPEAKER_01: which can lead to job losses,
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  making it harder for communities to bounce back from these
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  climate related hits.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's a systemic risk the article really focuses on.
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  SPEAKER_00: OK, so it's hitting the insurance market hard.
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  SPEAKER_00: The article goes into specifics, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: State by state.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah.
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  It dives deep into the struggles in key states and underscores
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  this idea that
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  SPEAKER_01: insurers themselves are saying the math no longer works.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's a direct quote they're using.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's worrying.
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  SPEAKER_00: Where does it start?
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  SPEAKER_00: Florida.
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  SPEAKER_01: Florida is a prime example.
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  SPEAKER_01: Battered by hurricanes one after another.
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  SPEAKER_01: Plus a ton of lawsuits related to claims.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's created chaos there.
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  SPEAKER_01: It really has.
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  SPEAKER_01: Nine insurance companies went insolvent just.
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  SPEAKER_01: Belly up between 2021 and 2023.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nine.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's not insignificant.
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  SPEAKER_01: Not at all.
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  SPEAKER_01: It shows a major part of the market just couldn't cope.
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  SPEAKER_01: So what happens?
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  Premiums go through the roof for those who can still get
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  private insurance.
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  SPEAKER_00: And lots of private companies are just leaving the state entirely.
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  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_01: Which leaves the state run insurer citizens as the only option for many.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that puts Florida taxpayers on the hook ultimately.
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  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_01: What's really alarming there is just how fast those insurers went under.
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  It feels like a sign that the whole model is breaking down
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  under the pressure of
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  SPEAKER_01: more frequent,
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  SPEAKER_01: more intense storms.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, when the risks just get too big to manage profitably.
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  SPEAKER_00: What about California?
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  SPEAKER_00: Wildfires, I assume?
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  SPEAKER_01: You guessed it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Climate-fueled wildfires getting bigger,
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  SPEAKER_01: more destructive,
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  and insurers are reacting just like in Florida pulling out of
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  high-risk areas.
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  SPEAKER_00: Is it just new policies or are they dropping existing customers?
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  SPEAKER_01: That's the striking part.
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  Even people with long-term policies,
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  no claims history,
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  are getting dropped.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wow.
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  SPEAKER_00: So even if you've been a good customer for years?
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  SPEAKER_01: Doesn't matter in some cases.
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  SPEAKER_01: And their fare plan, the state's insurer of last resort,
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  SPEAKER_01: It's warned it's getting close to bankruptcy after paying out so much.
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  SPEAKER_01: They're talking billion-dollar bailouts.
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  SPEAKER_00: So even the backstop insurers struggling.
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  SPEAKER_00: That really shows the scale of the financial risk.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it's not just the big coastal states, right?
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  SPEAKER_01: No.
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  SPEAKER_00: Louisiana is another one mentioned.
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  SPEAKER_00: Repeatedly hammered by hurricanes Laura, Delta, Ida recently.
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  SPEAKER_01: What's the impact there?
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  SPEAKER_00: Similar story.
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  Local insurers forced out of business,
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  rates surging,
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  coverage options shrinking.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's just this awful cycle of disaster and then less protection.
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  SPEAKER_01: That cumulative impact is brutal.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hit after hit, the local market just gets overwhelmed.
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  And the article points out it's not just coastal states or
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  hurricane zones either.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right, even Montana is feeling it.
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  SPEAKER_01: You might not think of Montana first.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wildfires again?
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, a huge increase since 2000.
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  SPEAKER_01: Nearly 70% of all Montana wildfires have happened since then.
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  SPEAKER_01: Insurers are scrambling.
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  SPEAKER_00: So their rates are clowning too.
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  SPEAKER_00: Dramatically.
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  The article says Montana is now in the top five states for
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  fastest growing home
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  SPEAKER_01: insurance rates,
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  SPEAKER_01: directly linked to fire risk.
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  That really drives home that this is a widespread issue,
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  not just coastal flooding.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's wildfires inland too.
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  SPEAKER_01: It shows the economic fallout is reaching everywhere.
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  SPEAKER_01: The common thread seems to be increasing intensity and unpredictability,
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  SPEAKER_01: harder to price the risk.
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  SPEAKER_00: So back to that phrase, the math no longer works.
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  SPEAKER_01: The article really stresses that.
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  When the data-driven insurance industry says that,
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  it's a massive red flag.
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  Not just for them,
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  but for loans,
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  home sales,
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  the whole economic health of communities.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Areas built over generations could become like financial dead zones,
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  SPEAKER_01: uninsurable,
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  SPEAKER_01: unmortgageable.
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  SPEAKER_00: Which brings us to another critical part of the analysis,
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  SPEAKER_00: the role the article assigns to dark money and big oil lies.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  SPEAKER_01: This is where it gets into the political influence side.
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  SPEAKER_01: The argument is that the fossil fuel industry has actively worked against
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  SPEAKER_01: understanding climate change and its economic impact.
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  SPEAKER_00: How does the article say they've done that?
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  It talks about huge sums of money often channeled through these
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  sort of shadowy
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  SPEAKER_01: nonprofits and think tanks,
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  SPEAKER_01: the ones that don't have to say who their donors are.
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  SPEAKER_00: Dark money.
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  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_01: Funding politicians who downplay climate risks, spread misinformation.
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  Allowing them to keep profiting while the long-term costs get
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  pushed onto,
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  well,
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  us,
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  the public.
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  SPEAKER_01: Pretty much.
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  SPEAKER_01: The piece mentions congressional probes that uncovered some of this.
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  SPEAKER_00: What did they find?
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  SPEAKER_01: Networks of big oil front groups hiring politicians,
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  SPEAKER_01: pundits,
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  media types to push natural gas as clean even when the evidence
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  doesn't stack up.
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  Disinformation campaigns basically designed to create doubt,
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  delay action.
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  SPEAKER_01: And the tactics described are pretty sneaky.
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  SPEAKER_01: Funding ads saying bad weather is just weather or,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: drilling in Alaska will lower your gas bill.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trying to shape public opinion to block climate policies.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  And it mentions those 2023 investigations to oil backed
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  websites pretending to be local news.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, right.
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  SPEAKER_00: I remember hearing about that,
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  spreading things like solar panels hurt birds or drilling jobs
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  are great for communities.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  Designed to look like real reporting,
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  but pushing an agenda,
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  undermining trust.
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  SPEAKER_00: And all this is happening while,
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  SPEAKER_00: according to the article,
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  SPEAKER_00: these same fossil fuel companies get massive subsidies.
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  SPEAKER_01: Over half a trillion dollars a year globally in taxpayer subsidies.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's huge.
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  SPEAKER_00: Half a trillion.
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  SPEAKER_00: How does that work?
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  SPEAKER_00: Tax breaks.
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  SPEAKER_01: Tax breaks,
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  SPEAKER_01: loopholes,
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  SPEAKER_01: direct grants,
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  SPEAKER_01: often facilitated by lawmakers who,
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  SPEAKER_01: surprise,
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  SPEAKER_01: surprise,
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  SPEAKER_01: get campaign money from the industry.
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  SPEAKER_00: So public money is propping up polluting industries.
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  Instead of being invested in actual clean energy or making
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  infrastructure more resilient,
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  SPEAKER_01: that's the argument.
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  SPEAKER_00: Which leads straight into campaign finance, doesn't it?
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  SPEAKER_00: The article connects those dots.
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  SPEAKER_01: It does.
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  SPEAKER_01: It points to the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling,
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  SPEAKER_01: unleashing basically unlimited spending by corporations,
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  SPEAKER_01: wealthy donors,
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  SPEAKER_01: including oil execs,
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  SPEAKER_01: anonymous groups.
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  Like the superpanks and LLCs that don't disclose donors,
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  skewing the whole political field.
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  SPEAKER_01: And the article argues you see the results directly in policy.
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  SPEAKER_01: Efforts to gut EV incentives,
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  SPEAKER_01: push more offshore drilling,
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  SPEAKER_01: often right after big donations come in.
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  So the voices pushing for climate action just get drowned out
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  by all that money.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's the concern raised.
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  Which brings us to the discussion of the Trump era and the
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  turbocharged rollback.
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  Framing this in the 2025 context with Trump back in office in
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  this scenario,
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  SPEAKER_00: what does it highlight from the previous administration?
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  It reminds us that over 100 environmental safeguards were
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  dismantled or weakened.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like what specifically?
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  SPEAKER_01: Things like opening up public lands,
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  SPEAKER_01: huge areas for mining,
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  SPEAKER_01: drilling,
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  SPEAKER_01: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,
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  SPEAKER_01: for example.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I remember that controversy.
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  Weakening offshore drilling safety rules,
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  gutting pipeline safety regulation.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the consequences.
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  SPEAKER_01: The article points to rising pollution levels.
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  It says the EPA stopped considering climate financial risks in
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  its oversight.
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  SPEAKER_01: Things like toxic spills, highway runoff got less attention.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this wasn't just federal level, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: States got involved, too.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: The piece notes that even in 2023,
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  SPEAKER_01: 2024,
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  SPEAKER_01: state legislatures were busy trying to nullify clean car standards,
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  SPEAKER_01: roll back energy efficient building codes,
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  SPEAKER_01: fast track drilling permits.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kind of a coordinated effort.
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  SPEAKER_01: It seems that way.
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  SPEAKER_01: And the article contrasts this with,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  an earlier time when even Republicans championed environmental protection.
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  SPEAKER_01: Creating the EPA, the Clean Air Act.
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  SPEAKER_00: A different era.
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  SPEAKER_00: So back to the subsidies powering what the article calls corporate greed.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  SPEAKER_01: Even with families struggling with energy costs,
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  SPEAKER_01: the argument is that big oil still gets huge public financial help.
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  SPEAKER_00: Through the tax code mainly.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Current tax policy lets them write off drilling costs.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's no charge for carbon pollution, credits for coal even.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's tilted heavily in their favor.
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  SPEAKER_00: And who pays when things go wrong?
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  SPEAKER_00: Like an oil spill.
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  Often,
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  taxpayers end up footing the cleanup bill,
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  the environmental restoration costs.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's a key point.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it mentions public money backing fossil fuel projects overseas,
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  SPEAKER_00: too,
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  SPEAKER_00: through the Pentagon or foreign aid.
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  Yes,
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  even the Treasury backing things like tar sands or Arctic oil abroad.
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  And this is all happening while these companies are making
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  record profits.
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  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_01: 2022, 2023, massive profits announced.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yet they still get these generous tax breaks.
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  So the public is effectively subsidizing drilling and burning
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  fossil fuels,
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  SPEAKER_00: which has huge societal costs.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's the core argument.
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  And it highlights how these industry perks even got tucked into
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  things like
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  SPEAKER_01: pandemic relief and infrastructure bills.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wow.
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  SPEAKER_00: OK,
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  SPEAKER_00: so the article pulls all this together towards the end,
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  SPEAKER_00: talking about an economic and democratic red line.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah,
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  SPEAKER_01: it emphasizes the warnings coming from financial experts,
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  SPEAKER_01: now central bankers,
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  SPEAKER_01: Wall Street analysts.
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  SPEAKER_01: What are they warning about?
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  SPEAKER_01: Trillions,
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  literally trillions in asset values potentially being wiped out
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  by unchecked
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  SPEAKER_01: climate change.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trillions.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's hard to even grasp.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it mentions a former Fed leader warning about insurance deserts,
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  SPEAKER_01: whole regions where you just can't get insurance anymore.
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  Leading to no banks,
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  no mortgages,
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  no ATMs,
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  a total collapse of local finance.
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  SPEAKER_01: Within the next decade or two,
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  SPEAKER_01: potentially,
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  SPEAKER_01: even the business roundtable,
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  SPEAKER_01: big corporations are worried about needing huge taxpayer bailouts.
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  SPEAKER_00: And globally, what are the financial bodies saying?
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  SPEAKER_01: The IMF,
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  SPEAKER_01: for instance,
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  SPEAKER_01: warns climate disasters are already causing inflation spikes,
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  SPEAKER_01: straining budgets,
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  SPEAKER_01: posing a systemic risk.
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  SPEAKER_00: The article calls it a hidden tax on working families, right?
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  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_01: Pushing up costs for food, fuel, housing, things everyone needs.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then there's the impact on future generations.
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  SPEAKER_01: A big focus.
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  SPEAKER_01: Today's kids inheriting a world where buying a home might be impossible,
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  SPEAKER_01: where they face constant extreme weather.
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  SPEAKER_00: And potentially have to bail out the industries that cause the problem.
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  It's framed as a profound injustice and a threat to democracy
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  itself if moneyed
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  SPEAKER_01: interests get to write the climate rules,
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  SPEAKER_01: silencing ordinary people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so it paints a pretty grim picture.
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  SPEAKER_00: Based on the analysis in this article by Mitch Jackson,
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  SPEAKER_00: how does it suggest people can fight back?
• 12:50
  SPEAKER_01: It lays out three main areas for action.
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  SPEAKER_01: First, end the fossil fuel subsidies.
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  SPEAKER_00: Cut off the public money pipeline.
• 12:57
  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
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  Eliminate the tax breaks,
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  the giveaways,
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  and demand transparency and political donations.
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  Shut down that dark money pipeline so we know who's influencing politicians.
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  SPEAKER_00: Makes sense.
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  SPEAKER_00: What's the second point?
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  SPEAKER_01: Rebuild insurance markets by investing in climate resilience.
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  SPEAKER_01: Big time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Meaning governments need to step up.
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  SPEAKER_01: Federal,
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  SPEAKER_01: state,
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  SPEAKER_01: local investing in hardening homes,
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  SPEAKER_01: updating building codes for future risks,
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  SPEAKER_01: protecting communities from floods,
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  SPEAKER_01: fires,
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  SPEAKER_01: making places safer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Which could help stabilize insurance markets,
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  SPEAKER_00: keep coverage available,
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  SPEAKER_00: and maybe more affordable.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's the hope.
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  SPEAKER_01: And the third point.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let me guess voting.
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  SPEAKER_01: Pretty much.
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  SPEAKER_01: Elect leaders who actually work for voters, not polluters.
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  SPEAKER_01: Holding politicians accountable.
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  Choosing people committed to climate action,
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  affordable housing,
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  economic stability.
• 13:44
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  And the article suggests checking out past issues of the
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  uncensored objection
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  SPEAKER_01: substack for more details and practical steps.
• 13:51
  SPEAKER_00: OK,
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  SPEAKER_00: so boiling it down from this deep dyes into the article,
• 13:55
  SPEAKER_00: the core message seems crystal clear.
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  The climate crisis and the economic crisis are not separate
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  things anymore.
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  SPEAKER_01: They're deeply connected.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the influence of the fossil fuel industry,
• 14:05
  SPEAKER_00: according to this analysis,
• 14:07
  SPEAKER_00: is a major driver behind both.
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  SPEAKER_01: And crucially, this isn't some far off problem.
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  The article makes it clear this affects your finances,
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  your community,
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  the future we're leaving.
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  SPEAKER_01: Understanding these links is step one.
• 14:20
  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
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  We definitely encourage you,
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  the listener,
• 14:23
  to dig deeper into this yourself.
• 14:25
  SPEAKER_01: For sure.
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  SPEAKER_01: Head over to Mitch Jackson's Uncensored Objection Substack.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's the source we've been discussing.
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  SPEAKER_01: Subscribe so you catch future stuff.
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  Share this info around and,
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  you know,
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  jump into the comments section there.
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  SPEAKER_00: Engage with the ideas.
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  SPEAKER_01: Definitely.
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  SPEAKER_01: And maybe leave you with this thought.
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  What kind of future are we actually building if we don't face
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  these interconnected
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  SPEAKER_01: crises head on and challenge the powerful interest blocking change?