At National Review, Jim Geraghty has taken a look at some of the details in the so-called “Green New Deal” that lefties like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are proposing:
The Not-So-Pretty Fine Print of the ‘Green New Deal’ https://t.co/qjuuXaZwiW
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 9, 2019
The Green New Deal proposes t to “cut military spending by at least half” and withdraw U.S. troops from overseas.
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 9, 2019
The Green New Deal proposes eliminating nuclear, natural gas, LNG, oil and coal in the next eleven years. That is about 88 percent of America’s current energy sources.https://t.co/3S1QjeAfia
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 9, 2019
And of course a socialist utopia omelette can’t be made without breaking a few trillion eggs while bureaucrats on high will decide everything you do and don’t “need”:
The Green New Deal calls for a ban on all non-electric cars, and all “non-essential” cars. Who decides whether your car is a “non-essential individual means of transport”?https://t.co/3S1QjeAfia pic.twitter.com/bs4w32tKrM
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 9, 2019
The Green New Deal would eliminate unemployment benefits, instead turning the federal government into the “employer of last resort,” for a few hundred billion a year.https://t.co/3S1QjeAfia pic.twitter.com/5yVE9YVjbb
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 9, 2019
The Clean New Deal declares, “a British think tank recently put out a study saying that all fossil fuels could be eliminated in 10 years.” But the study noted its examples of past rapid changes included military dictatorships and communist regimes. https://t.co/3S1QjeAfia pic.twitter.com/j2Y0ugifVF
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 9, 2019
“Why can’t we dream big?” Is not really an effective counterargument to the point that your plan violates the laws of physics. https://t.co/3S1QjeAfia pic.twitter.com/cT8LA3E7PE
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 9, 2019
Read it all here.
Finally somebody pulled back the curtain. Great job @jimgeraghty https://t.co/G0Vbl41I46
— Tim Burchett (@timburchett) January 9, 2019
The “Green New Deal” is utterly insane nonsense.
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