Fogdog
Well-Known Member
Who is this Occasio Cortez guy anyway?
I mean, she knocks out an established Democrat in a safe Democratic district and then starts doing exactly what she said she'd do. The nerve.
She has plenty of twitter followers. Is that good?
Then she released a "New Green Deal", typical of Progressives who just assume we know what that means because as with their use of "Progressive" (which doesn't match the common use for that word), the "New Green Deal" she put forth is just one of many other "Green New Deals" that have been discussed over the past decade or more.
The Green Party has its own "Green New Deal"
http://www.gp.org/green_new_deal
Wikipedia has a whole section on the subject:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_New_Deal
So, now she's releasing with much ballyhoo a "Green New Deal" that sort of matches other "Green New Deals".
Other freshmen congressmen who won office in moderate districts by taking seats away from Republicans -- in other words the people who in fact took away control of the House from Republicans aren't exactly happy with the idea of defending this in next election cycle. They say isn't helpful to them at all. They say this imperils Democratic control in the House, not helps it.
On the other hand there is a lot of good in her Non-Binding Resolution that puts into words what we already know. For example: That global warming is causing economic and environmental disruption that will make the last recession we went through look like good times.
Here is a link to the text of her resolution: https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=5731829-Ocasio-Cortez-Green-New-Deal-Resolution
The goal would be 40%-60% reduction by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050. The gist is that addressing global climate change is more than just cutting emissions. It's a jobs creation and infrastructure overhaul for the nation. It's also social equity program too. The point being that the wealthiest 1% have no incentive, a dis-incentive actually, to address this problem. They will have to be unseated from power in government. So, campaign finance reform and redefining corporations as something other than people will be necessary.
And yet, are Democrats handing back control of Republicans by passing this measure? Who is Cortez actually working for?
Overall, I like the ideas. Its non-binding and so, symbolic mostly.
I mean, she knocks out an established Democrat in a safe Democratic district and then starts doing exactly what she said she'd do. The nerve.
She has plenty of twitter followers. Is that good?
Then she released a "New Green Deal", typical of Progressives who just assume we know what that means because as with their use of "Progressive" (which doesn't match the common use for that word), the "New Green Deal" she put forth is just one of many other "Green New Deals" that have been discussed over the past decade or more.
The Green Party has its own "Green New Deal"
http://www.gp.org/green_new_deal
Wikipedia has a whole section on the subject:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_New_Deal
So, now she's releasing with much ballyhoo a "Green New Deal" that sort of matches other "Green New Deals".
Other freshmen congressmen who won office in moderate districts by taking seats away from Republicans -- in other words the people who in fact took away control of the House from Republicans aren't exactly happy with the idea of defending this in next election cycle. They say isn't helpful to them at all. They say this imperils Democratic control in the House, not helps it.
On the other hand there is a lot of good in her Non-Binding Resolution that puts into words what we already know. For example: That global warming is causing economic and environmental disruption that will make the last recession we went through look like good times.
Here is a link to the text of her resolution: https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=5731829-Ocasio-Cortez-Green-New-Deal-Resolution
The goal would be 40%-60% reduction by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050. The gist is that addressing global climate change is more than just cutting emissions. It's a jobs creation and infrastructure overhaul for the nation. It's also social equity program too. The point being that the wealthiest 1% have no incentive, a dis-incentive actually, to address this problem. They will have to be unseated from power in government. So, campaign finance reform and redefining corporations as something other than people will be necessary.
And yet, are Democrats handing back control of Republicans by passing this measure? Who is Cortez actually working for?
Overall, I like the ideas. Its non-binding and so, symbolic mostly.
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