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Green New Deal's 55 promises that have little to do with climate change: The full list
h/t IMAORep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal promises to overhaul the U.S. energy sector and replace all fossil fuel use with clean, carbon-free energy in 10 years flat without destroying the U.S. economy in the process. That’s preposterous. Regardless, the preposterous plan is grabbing public attention and, now, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he's going to hold a Senate vote on the 14-page resolution. Beyond committed ideologues, few people think the freshman New York lawmaker’s plan (co-sponsored by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass.) is a realistic outline of what the United States can or should do to address climate change. But Ocasio-Cortez and at least three Democratic presidential candidates who have signed onto the proposed congressional resolution have bolted onto their central unrealistic promise another 55 promises with little or nothing to do with climate change. Here’s a list of what they're going to provide and who they're going to help: 1) Guaranteed jobs for all 2) That will be high quality union jobs 3) Paying prevailing wages 4) Hiring local workers 5) That offer training and advancement 6) Wage and benefit parity 7) Family leave 8) Medical leave 9) Paid vacation 10) Retirement security 11) Economic security 12) With strengthened unions 13) Stronger safety regulations 14) Stronger health regulations 15) Tougher anti-discrimination rules 16) More stringent wage and hour standards 17) Ending wage stagnation 18) Increasing socio-economic mobility 19) Reducing income inequality 20) Narrowing the racial wealth gap 21) And the gender earnings gap 22) While trade deals add rules to protect the environment and labor 23) The transfer of jobs overseas is stopped 24) Domestic manufacturing grows 25) Businesses don’t face unfair competition 26) Ensuring economic development 27) While diversifying business and industry in local and regional economies 28) While eliminating pollution 29) Cleaning up existing hazardous waste and abandoned sites 30) Providing education, including higher education, to all 31) While boosting community resiliency 32) Fighting racial injustice 33) Fighting social injustice 34) And generally making things better for indigenous peoples 35) Migrant communities 36) Deindustrialized communities 37) Depopulated rural communities 38) Women 39) The elderly 40) The unhoused 41) People with disabilities 42) Youth 43) And family farmers 44) While making sure all buildings are safe 45) All buildings are affordable 46) All buildings are durable 47) And all buildings are comfortable 48) Public transit is clean 49) Affordable 50) And accessible 51) All people have high quality health care 52) And access to healthy food 53) That is also affordable 54) And adequate housing 55) And also provide access to nature. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-02-16 |
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