Lightning round! Mitch McConnell... everybody dislikes. Says he is a block to progress, while Ludwig says he has failed to include his colleagues in the process. "He's a joke," Wilde said.
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Ludwig says we should look into microgrids of renewable energy, both for national security and allowing communities to determine what type of energy they would like. Casner: Said nuclear was done in Wyoming and caused cancer. (Short answer: yes.)https://trib.com/business/energy/uranium-workers-can-face-illnesses-decades-later-many-workers-dont-know-that-help-is-available/article_9765ea6c-cb6f-5209-8527-20e6863f1aa6.html …
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Ben David says renewables as well as some pursuits of nuclear could be a boon for the state. (Did I hear micro reactors? @MBenDavid2020 I didn't catch that.)
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How to get people to work? Ludwig supporting the GND, and says climate action is the move we need to make for the econ and have many components which need people to work. Casner: Not all up to feds, invest in little people. Debrine: Put people first.
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Ben David: Make sure people and small businesses have what they need to keep roofs over their head. Praises CARES Act, but notes $ is running out, and the protections for those people are running out. Supports the Dem-led HEROES Act, and to bolster country for future pandemics.
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Wendt: We need to create a lot of jobs. Green energy can be a start. But we also need to reexamine our economy, from student debt to the cost of healthcare. "The market was created to serve us, but now we live to serve the market. It shouldn't be that way."
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Ludwig supports small business loans at low rates as well as increased worker ownership, saying that it increases investments in one's own situation.
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How to solve the "war on science?" Casner: We need to see the ugly truths about things like COVID. Wilde: Said CDC has had problems with the president interfering. Believes in science, but "I'm not gonna take a vaccine." DeBrine: Believes in vaccines and science. And the bible.
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Ben David says we need to fund education and train our young people to lead with the facts, understand impacts of decisions, and respect the scientific method, where knowledge is constantly evolving. (see: masks.)
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"Instead of thinking science isn't providing all the information right away, we need to understand how these facts are done." Wendt says science doesn't care about your feelings, basically, that we need to listen to science.
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Ludwig says the media plays a part, and that other countries have higher standards. We need media literacy, and we need to remove special interest and religious groups from drafting school curricula.
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Also said we need emotional literacy, because empathy allows us to hear science. "You need both science and empathy," she said.
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Final question: Legal weed for national debate? Wilde: "It's mother nature. It needs to be legal. That's all their is to it." DeBrine: I think (?) he supports it. (Was on the platform, but meandered off.) Ben David: "It definitely deserves debate on the national level."
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Wendt: "It's happening nationwide and the consequences don't seem to be there." Ludwig: "100 percent, we should be legalizing both." (Recreational and medicinal.) Says it's key to opioid crisis, and said she doesn't like seeing Wyoming money going to Colorado.
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Casner: Didn't answer the question really, but went on a tangent about legalized hemp. Also for medicinal use. Wilde: "Don't hide it, light it."
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In closing statements, Ludwig with a unique take on local determination. Said we need to lessen regulation and allow our tax dollars to go to communities -- not to foreign wars, big oil companies, or pharma. Wendt said he's into the best ideas, not just following one party.
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Ben David: Said she questioned science of ideas onstage. Planting trees, alone, she said, will not solve the climate crisis, nor will expanding the use of hemp. "We need to be electing scientists, let them speak for us, and follow the facts."
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