two issues the Tennessee legislation identifies as “controversial” – evolution and global warming

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The other factor that would make the U.S. far more competitive is if we educated our children to develop a superior understanding of economics and two issues the Tennessee legislation identifies as “controversial” – evolution and global warming.  Those fields are two of the areas in which superior education is most essential and could provide the U.S. with the greatest competitive advantage.  So why doesn’t American business come out full force against the politicians in Tennessee and similar states that are giving the greatest possible aid and comfort to American businesses’ foreign rivals?  Why is the Chamber of Commerce leading the global climate change denial movement?  Put aside for a moment the tragic damage to the world and Americans that this unholy war on science will cause if it succeeds.  Focus instead on the fact that the Chamber’s efforts to prevent America from making countering climate change a priority will put American businesses at an immense competitive disadvantage in the development of cleaner energy products.  It should not surprise us that those leading the attacks on science act in a self-destructive manner.  Our economics and anti-science dogmas are imposing costs on our nation of staggering dimensions.  It is long past time for our society to put aside childish things and rejoin the reality-based world.