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> > But there isn’t enough money in the federal coffers to move every resident > away from the risk of rising waters, and people can’t apply directly for > buyouts from the federal government. Instead, local elected officials must > successfully navigate the Kafkaesque bureaucracy of such programs and also > decide which homeowners can participate. Troubling new data show that > buyouts have disproportionately benefited wealthy counties. > > > > As a broader solution to the thorny problem of relocation, Rush proposes > we institute a nationwide property tax of one cent per square foot per > year: the “Seas Are Rising and So Are We Tax.” She argues that without an > eco-socialist policy to address the ways in which sea level rise will > exacerbate economic and social inequality (while also displacing and > possibly drowning half the currently endangered species), we risk even more > segregation, exclusion, and extinction. In the recent grim wake of > Hurricane Dorian, for instance, 119 Bahamian evacuees were ordered off a > ferry to Florida because they didn’t have visas, which they did not legally > need. Not only did Dorian’s devastation demonstrate that the most > vulnerable populations with the smallest carbon footprints are hit hardest, > it also offered a nightmare picture of “climate apartheid,” wherein the > rich can move to safety while the poor may be excluded, refused, or killed > at the borders of privileged nations like ours. > > > > > https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/11/21/climate-race-resilience-lessons-survival/ > <https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/11/21/climate-race-resilience-lessons-survival/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NYR%20Climate%20and%20resilence%20Mattis%20New%20Sounds&utm_content=NYR%20Climate%20and%20resilence%20Mattis%20New%20Sounds+CID_11fd83dbe13023a4aad164de6cfdf309&utm_source=Newsletter> > > > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
