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The “Green New Deal” is not green at all. If anything it’s a
raw, red deal. It calls for a government takeover of our wage,
and of our energy, housing, health care and transportation
sectors. It has more in common with Mao’s Cultural Revolution
than it does FDR’s New Deal, which lifted millions out of the
Great Depression.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced this resolution
with Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Marky and a bevy of
supporting congressmen.
One wonders if anyone actually read it.
One section says that in the spirit of democracy that only
people from “frontline and vulnerable communities and workers”
will “plan, run and administer” all of these massive green deal
programs.
Just as Mao’s Cultural Revolution empowered students over their
parents, so this bill sets up identity politics groups as having
power over the major sectors of the economy. It even calls for a
national “mobilization, “as Mao did.
Referencing historical discrimination, this bill in effect does
away with one person one vote, or democracy as we know it, since
in this resolution, redress of the past requires that only these
designated groups would have a say in running this plan, whose
administration would in effect be the domestic policy of the
country.
Even more puzzling is that six Democratic candidates for
president have given support to this effort. Most Americans
oppose even a modest increase in the gasoline tax, let alone
virtual destruction of the oil, natural gas and coal industries.
That’s a $136 billion dollar industry employing about 10 million
people. After mandating the “100 percent” end of these
industries as part of the mobilization, the resolution calls for
a guaranteed job for all Americans and economic security even
for those “unwilling” to work.
It mandates that every building in America will be upgraded.
It’s unclear in this legislative framework who would pay for
incalculable costs of such a program because no one could ever
possibly pay for it. No tax on the rich would ever generate
enough to first eliminate our energy industry, including clean
natural gas, replace it with technologies that are not yet ready
and then provide a guaranteed job for everyone, with full
benefits, regardless of employability. Don’t worry, though, “low
tech” solutions to remove carbon dioxide will be encouraged.
The demand for justice on the basis of climate change is upside
down. The energy revolution did not cause the oppression of the
frontline and vulnerable communities. Quite the opposite, it was
at the core of the democratization of technology as Thomas
Edison’s invention of the light bulb was not limited to the few
but became universal to every household.
The moderately priced car created by Henry Ford helped create
the middle class and later provided the near-universal mobility
that enabled people to live in the suburbs and commute to work.
While the oil industry was broken up to create greater
competition, these energy driven inventions were at the center
of transforming American life for everyone.
Air travel is out under this deal as well, to be replaced by
high-speed trains. Yea. Right. Amtrak to California.
The very premise that America is the carbon fiend that needs to
mobilize to this degree on its own is faulty as well. Carbon
emissions from America have been declining, down 2.7 percent in
2016. Since 2011, carbon emissions from large power plants in
the U.S. have declined by nearly 20 percent.
The two most populous countries on earth -- India and China --
both looking to move more and more millions of people to the
middle class, are ground zero for the explosion of future carbon
emissions. We need to develop affordable energy technologies
that could be deployed to bring these developing countries into
line.
This plan is really a nifty piece of marketing to use the
environment as a Trojan horse to justify socialism in America.
It is not a serious plan to deal with the global issue of
climate change in the world. Rather than advance the cause of
climate change, this legislation could prove more of an easy
target for Republicans to discredit the Democrats, who just won
over moderate suburban voters in the last election. While many
in polls may support something called the “green deal,” few
Americans will support the details of this legislation once
examined and explained.
It’s not the platform of the Democratic Party and it’s up to the
leadership of the party to back realistic proposals for a better
future, not bumper stickers.
Failure to heed this warning could well lead to another surprise
upset at the polls.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mark-penn-green-new-deal-has- more-in-common-with-maos-cultural-revolution-than-fdrs-new-deal
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