Yes, there is an appeal to the poor that if we only grew the economy more their lives would improve. The hope for some trickle down. A trickle is not enough. Why should not be benefit of all growth go to the poor?

With "Investing in newer (cleaner) technologies can stimulate economic growth," again you are too non-specific. Who investing, who doing the work, who reaping the rewards. If we use Federal Funds to incentivize solar power plants but all the panels are imported from China and installed by foreign workers on work visas and the public utilities jack up their electricity rates to recoup the capital investments and there is no reduction in fossil fuel power generation because global demand growth out paces increases in Green Energy production. This case Americans, workers, taxpayers and consumers get the shaft.

The point should not be growth but jobs and clean energy. Not stimulate the economy but improve the economy. American made solar panels installed by U.S. citizens, financed by American entrepreneurs and done at a scale that fossil fuel powerplants will be closed.

TEK