Commie Cortez's Mad Green Deal; Profound Illiberal Ignorance On Full Display

By now you've probably heard about darling of the bankrupt left Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's wildly unrealistic proposed (but thankfully non-binding) Green Deal.

So fantastical it was, unicorns rejected it for being phenomenally magical. Heck, even Nancy Pelosi didn't sound too impressed. And she has some job ahead keeping an eye on the far left loons.

I would submit, profoundly ignorant and evil. I'd like to think this sort of batshit nonsense would scare Independents in the USA off.

It has since been removed from her webpage but the damage is done. From its immature grandiose ideals to poor grammar it was a total incoherent mess of stupid ideas - from wanting to eliminate air travel and ships to wanting to rebuild every building in America to wanting to pay people unwilling to work (which has nothing to do with energy. But it will create a cult of dependents) to wanting to shut down nuclear energy (our best option for the environment). More details here.

It was been roundly mocked and jeered as it ought to have been.

Reason magazine explored it as well. I enjoyed this quote:

"Paul Blair, director of strategic initiatives at Americans for Tax Reform, was even blunter. "The Green New Deal reads like word vomit from a 13-year-old child asked to scribble out their bold new thoughts for a radically different America than we have today," Blair said in a email to Reason. "This includes the phasing out of American air travel."

It, unsurprisingly, uses socialist language like '10 year mobilizations plan' which harken back to the USSR under Stalin and its degenerate 'Five year plans'.

Updated for the modern illiberal mind!

It's worth noting AOC subscribes to the Modern Monetary theory. Basically, the reason why she thinks this is feasible is because this theory thinks printing money is viable. And where 'too much money circulating is chasing too few products' leads to inflation, in her mind, this is where the '70% tax' comes in which could be used to suppress inflation.

David Harsanyi (linked earlier to article in The Federalist ) adds:

"...The GND uses the word “massive” to explain the size “investments” (formerly known as “taxes”) 13 times. How will we pay for this plan? “The same way we did the New Deal, the 2008 bank bailouts and extend quantitative easing,” say Markey and Cortez, who earned her degree in economics at an institution of higher learning that should be immediately decertified. The plan itself seems to insinuate that billionaires can pay for the whole thing. Of course, best case scenario, it is estimated that instituting a top marginal tax rate of 70 percent would raise a little more than $700 billion over that decade. She does not explain how we’re going to raise the other 20 bazillion dollars it will cost to tear down modernity."

It's a thoroughly terrible idea and one doomed to failure. Which makes me wonder how in the world could Boston University produce such an ignorant individual with a degree in economics?

This same person who said she wasn't an 'expert' on the Middle-East after being asked what she meant about the 'occupation' also has a degree in International Relations.

She also claims, just in case this wasn't enough, Latinos are 'Natives' to America.

BU isn't coming out looking too good on this.

The other interesting part of this moronic deal is Ed Markey of Massachusetts lending his name to this.

At 70 years-old (or thereabouts) he shouldn't be playing the part of a useful idiot. Not very bright if you ask me.

The socialists are in the system. Which is why Trump had to call it out.

Good luck getting the virus out and expect more epic moon battery.

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Justin Trudeau or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Who wins on Jeopardy!?

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Joke time!

What did environmentalists use before candles?

Electricity.