Representative
Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y,
( aka "AOC" )
calls herself
a Democratic
Socialist.
Don't stand
between her
and any
TV camera !
She's pushing
a radical plan called
The Green New Deal,
that would
ban the use
of all fossil fuels
from U.S.
electricity
generation,
agriculture and
manufacturing
by 2030.
The Green New Deal
would add
tens of trillions
of dollars
to the national debt.
Families
would have to pay
a lot more to heat, cool
and provide electricity
to their homes.
It would raise
the same costs
for businesses,
farmers,
government
and all other
organizations,
driving up
their operating costs,
and raising prices
for most goods
and services
that Americans buy.
Americans would have to
power their homes
with renewable energy,
such as wind and
solar power.
Every home
and business
in the United States
would have to be
“upgraded” for
“state-of-the-art
energy efficiency,
comfort and safety.”
This risky scheme
would require
many new
government
programs
and mandates.
The Green New Deal
has garnered support from
Cory Booker, D-N.J.;
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; and
Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
The Green New Deal
is based on CO2 beliefs,
many of which contradict
actual climate data and facts --
beliefs that are
merely assumed
to be true, but never
discussed or debated.
The Green New Deal
also includes many
socialist programs
not related to
green energy:
1.
AOC's proposal
calls for the creation of
“basic income programs”,
and "single-payer health care".
The Green New Deal
would also establish
a federal jobs guarantee.
And it would include provisions
to “mitigate deeply entrenched
racial, regional and gender-based
inequalities in income and wealth.”
2.
The Green New Deal
would do almost nothing
to curb global warming.
First, Green New Deal
believers must Ignore
the fact that there is
no actual evidence
past global warming
has harmed anyone,
or that future warming
will harm anyone,
Second, Green New Deal
believers must ignore
the fact that warming
in the first half of the
twentieth century,
with few CO2 emissions,
was almost the same as
the warming in the
second half of the
twentieth century,
with lots of CO2 emissions,
meaning that blaming
warming on CO2 is only
an opinion, not a fact.
Third, Green New Deal
believers, after realizing
there's no evidence
CO2 controls the climate,
and recognizing that
the actual warming
in the past 150 years
has been harmless,
must assume
the FUTURE effect
of CO2 emissions
will be much different
than in the past !
Fourth, Green New Deal
believers must assume
future CO2 warming
will be triple the rate of
global warming
in the past,
( finally matching
the fast warming
predicted by the
climate computer games ),
... and they must
ignore the fact
there has been
very little
global warming
from the 2003
temperature peak,
through 2018,
measured by
weather satellites
( strong evidence
that the rate of
global warming
has slowed,
not accelerated! )
Fifth, Green New Deal
believers must
ignore the fact
that if the United States
actually eliminated
all our CO2 emissions
by 2030, the increased
CO2 emissions
from the rest of world,
would more than offset
our reductions.
If the Green New Deal
is imposed on the US,
but not on China,
India, etc., the global
carbon dioxide emissions
are still going to rise.
3.
Renewable energy
is much more
expensive than
fossil fuel energy.
The Institute for
Energy Research
estimates that new
solar power generation
is nearly five times
more expensive
than using existing
fossil fuel-powered
electricity.
Wind power
is 3.5 times costlier.
Because all
US manufacturing
would be required to rely on
expensive “green” power,
industries in the US could not
match the prices of their
foreign competitors,
greatly increasing
the financial incentive
to close, or move overseas.
4.
The Green New Deal
would give handouts to
left-wing special interest
groups and industries,
increase the power
of labor unions,
and give favors to
left-wing industries.
The Green New Deal would
“deeply involve national
and local labor unions
to take a leadership role
in the process of job training
and worker deployment,”
and it promises the
“funding (of) massive
investment in the drawdown
of greenhouse gases.”
That means giving billions
of taxpayer dollars
to renewable-energy
companies.
5.
No one knows
how much
the Green New Deal
would cost, but a
conservative estimate
is $40 trillion in its
first 10 to 15 years.
The Mercatus Center
estimates the single-payer
health-care proposal
supported by AOC
would, on its own,
cost more than $32 trillion.
AOC recommended
we should pay for her
left-wing proposals
using much higher
income tax brackets
for "the rich",
and running up
the national debt
by trillions of dollars,
putting our
nation’s economy
at risk of collapsing.
My Conclusion:
AOC is a dingbat
for her ideas,
and a demon
because she knows
how to get attention
for her dangerous,
economy-destroying,
Marxist ideas.
She's the youngest woman
ever elected to Congress,
and on a platform that is
every socialist’s dream.
Socialism is about
the forceful control
of other people’s
lives and property.
AOC is advocating
for socialist policies
that often destroy
entire economies.
Such as Venezuela, Zimbabwe,
Mao’s China, the Soviet Union,
and many other nations.
The free market,
individualism,
personal liberty,
personal
responsibility,
hard work,
and free speech,
are the values of
western civilization.
But it’s hard to defend them,
because the arguments
for them are intellectual,
economic, and historical.
Democrats are swayed
by emotions, not facts.
That's why AOC is
now a very popular
political figure.
She’s may be the future
of the Democrat Party.
AOC can look forward to
lucrative speaking fees,
a multimillion-dollar
book deal, and a
pretty good salary.
Only in America
could a Marxist
dingbat like AOC
do so well.