True. They also increase debt levels on issues they should acknowledge are far less threatening.

If they really thought Climate Change was an existential threat, they would be making sure that we weren't wasting money on much less threatening issues. They would want our country to remain financially viable to handle the global threat. But, they don't do that.

If they really cared about the future generations, they wouldn't be stealing money from future generations to have handouts to the current generation.