Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) released her bill for a "Green New Deal". It's stunningly absurd.
Today AOC released her New Green Deal Proposal.
It's a wish list of socialist and green ideas, most of which are obviously absurd to all but the most economically clueless persons.
It has zero chance of passage and it's nonbinding, but here are some of the key ideas.
Here are a couple of comments from Twitter.
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As Bad as Expected
No, it was far worse. Perhaps Heritage is more imaginative than I am.
Revenge of the Millennials
Bloomberg writer Karl W. Smith calls it Revenge of the Millennials
Almost every major new economic initiative proposed by Democrats — the Green New Deal, Medicare for all, debt-free college — has a common feature: Unlike most current social programs, it would benefit younger Americans at the expense of older Americans. Now, finally, it seems that they have had enough. They want to use fiscal policy to help repair the damage wrought by monetary policy. This isn’t necessarily the way I would address the issue; I would argue for fixing monetary policy instead of spending vast additional sums to support a new suite of government entitlements. I am certainly sympathetic, however, to those who think otherwise.
Almost every major new economic initiative proposed by Democrats — the Green New Deal, Medicare for all, debt-free college — has a common feature: Unlike most current social programs, it would benefit younger Americans at the expense of older Americans.
Now, finally, it seems that they have had enough. They want to use fiscal policy to help repair the damage wrought by monetary policy. This isn’t necessarily the way I would address the issue; I would argue for fixing monetary policy instead of spending vast additional sums to support a new suite of government entitlements. I am certainly sympathetic, however, to those who think otherwise.
Smith is mistaken. This proposal sounds just like the lofty socialist goals of Castro, Chavez, Maduro, and Mugabe (Cuba, Venezuela, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe).
Implementing AOC's plan would do just what Stukey suggested to which I add:
If someone blows off your left arm with a shotgun, it's best not to blow your right arm off as "revenge".
