Freshman Bronx congresswoman and self-described democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently announced her plan to enact a program to decarbonize the United States economy. Dubbed the Green New Deal, the radical plan would ban the use of all fossil fuels from the American manufacturing, agriculture, and electricity sectors by 2030.
Ocasio-Cortez has described the plan as a way to address climate change, however there’s more to the Green New Deal than its proposed energy provisions.
The Green New Deal includes a number of radical programs that have nothing to do with “green” energy, and everything to do with increasing the power and scope of the federal government. Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal calls for creating a federal jobs guarantee that would “assure a living wage job to every person who wants one,” and would form “basic income programs” with newly-imposed workplace requirements and wage standards. The proposal also includes single-payer health care and provisions to “mitigate deeply entrenched racial, regional and gender-based inequalities in income and wealth.”
Supporters of the plan have kept quiet about these hidden — and more costly — details, advertising its energy mandates alone. But while Ocasio-Cortez insists the purpose of the proposal is to reduce the global temperature and prevent a rising climate in the future, her real intentions are clear: the ultimate goal of the Green New Deal is to enact a series of radical redistributionist programs and impose socialism on the American people.
And how would these socialist programs be funded? Just like the Democrat-proposed Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, too, has an enormous price tag. Economists estimate that a guaranteed minimum income (just one part of the plan) of $12,000 a year would cost $3.8 trillion alone. Ocasio-Cortez has proposed a 70% tax rate on the rich, saying the wealthy should pay their “fair share.” Democrats have also introduced a national carbon tax in Congress to fund their socialist plan. According to the Congressional Budget Office, a $25 per ton carbon tax would be approximately a $1.1 trillion per year increase in taxes. If enacted, it’s clear the Green New Deal would cause mass inefficiencies in our economy, lead to soaring federal spending, doubled taxes, and a rising national debt.
If this weren’t enough, the Green New Deal would destroy individual liberty as we know it, allowing the government to meddle in every aspect of each American’s personal life. When you centralize control of the economy and the people who work in it, you destroy individual freedom and autonomy. Just look at North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela.
Simply put, Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal is about socialism and government expansion, not the environment. Younger voters may be fooled by the congresswomen’s idealism and lofty promises, but those of us who have witnessed the collapse of other countries after adopting similar socialist plans already know that the Green New Deal is nothing but a raw deal for Americans.
I hope the FBI, CIA, NSA and all of our intel agencies are watching this piece of ANTI AMERICAN PRO-SOCIALIST filth and scum ! ?
This is what helped the NAZI and Communists to advance their agenda, a back to nature and naturalism program as wholesome living. Just a new incarnation of it with this proposal deal.
Thank you AMAC for publishing this great article.
BTW folks, we must always remember that famous statement by Vladimir Lenin:
“The goal of Socialism is Communism.”
When the pilgrims came here they tried Socialism and it failed then and it will fail now.
This whole thing is nothing but spiritual warfare……Satanic warfare! The evil Socialists are blinded by their own corruption and have no intention of allowing anyone to resist them.
As it was stated many years ago, the communists will take over America without firing a shot because they’ll convert it from within.
Wake up America, you are about to lose your beloved country!
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) make tax & spend liberals appear conservative. I believe her ideas are dangerous to our economy, our democracy, and our society. Her positions could be simply a means to Political Power. Nutty Nancy Pelosi is a master at the Political Power Play. If the two of them could get their acts together and team up, they would be a formidable force. Watch out Conservatives and Republicans!
Don”t you wish this was an episode of the apprentice? Trump could just say “Your fired!” She would get a nice ride home in a limo and we could be rid of her!
Seems as though she has been receiving a steady diet of ignorance. Looks like it keeps her thin-not a lot of calories. It has been said that ignorance is bliss, but she doesn’t seem blissful enough. Did her ignorance need to be served with whipped cream?
Ms Ocasio-Cortez just spouts off about things she just doesn’t know! Global warming has been occurring for over millions of years and will continue to do so for as long as this earth remains Like all Democrats these days, she uses this scare tactic to cover up their real agenda. They want to make our county a Socialist form of government and take away our constitutional liberties.
What a dreamer !!!!! Clueless !!!!! NYC public schools , proof of failure !!!!!!!
Conservative media needs to give more exposure to scientists who have done research and have published articles which maintain that the Earth is entering into a global cooling period due to Sun cycles, and that climate change has little to do with man’s activities, but has been going on for millions of years, unaffected by mankind.
All of the above concerning the tax by OAC needs to be publicized completely as to what it actually is.
This millennial has no clue what she is talking about. This is exactly what the millennials and snowflakes have been indoctrinated and brainwashed to believe. They have absolutely no idea what has happened in other countries that similar policies have been implemented because they only watch communism supporting social media outlets so they have no knowledge how destructive this will be.
After all forms of fossil fuel are prohibited, I nominate occasional kotex to take the inaugural commercial airline flight powered by wind and solar
This person and her like, is a prime reason for the voting age to be elevated to 21 once again. Also the education system must be purged of people like her from K to College. I would fire very blinking one of these progressive/socialist/Commie rats. If they want to live in a Socialist country move to one and leave our Nation alone. I know fat chance of that happening.
The real ‘hidden agenda’ no one wants to talk about is a global socialized one nation no boundaries order … literally a United Nations, were the only accepted nationalism is to the United Nations. This is the long term agenda of progressive socialists. This concept is not possible in the minds of national and international leaders as long as the United States remains a sovereign nation. A nation for the people of the people and by the people. Every effort, therefore, as designed by progressive leftists is marginalize to irrelevance the traditions of the nation and ultimately have it implode from within. This for them is the perfect storm that opens the door to a world-wide united order. Sounds crazy, huh? It’s said that truth is stranger than fiction.
This Ocasio-Cortez socialist scum needs to be booted ASAP>
This plan sounds like 2 things. 1) France (how’s the government guaranteed jobs program working out for them?) 2) The strong and oppressive central government that our founding fathers were purposely trying to avoid.
Submitted in my personal capacity.
Our schools/colleges have been hijacked by the radical left teachers. This woman is a product of it. Socialism : Government control of your life and liberty. Socialism : you work and theGovernment takes all of your money and relocates it. Dr Patrick Michael has written excellent articles on the lack of global warming/climate change caused by man.
A ‘Trojan Horse’ is a sneak attack – a very bad gift for the uninformed. Ocasio-Cortez, unlike Obama and his ‘fundamental change’, did not hide her Agenda in cute slogans. She told people she volunteered with Bernie, a socialist. She talked socialism during her campaign. People found what she said funny, brought up counter arguments to her proposals. But she won, which means that all those who thought she was a non-starter did not come out and vote for her opponent! Cannot make the same mistake in 202. Defeat the lefties – socialist and communist.
Not only is she ignorant in the true sense of the world, she also has no common sense at all. If she has a degree in economics, our education system is worthless.
Someone…Please get this young women out of Politics!
This woman is the poster child for the dumbing down of our education system. The term educated idiot fits her perfectly
I agree with Zale and Lloyd. The leaders on the left are Socialists using the Democrat party and our education system to subvert the Constitution.
My first reaction is, “How could so many be so fooled?”
Then remember, they elected 0bama twice, loved Clinton’s shiftiness, and continue to watch and read media that is proven to be over 80% anti-President Trump and deliberately ignores all he has accomplished for the country in spite of all the opposition.
We must be a country that depends on itself to do the right think for all Americans, not just for the left which wants to destroy America. Greg
She is a GREEN freshman Representative and already talking about “Her Plan.” Whoopie Goldberg was right when she told her to sit down, be quiet and learn.
Socialism….are they crazy; yes they are. Most Millennials don’t even know what Socialism is. The Rich and the Poor; no middle class and it’s the middle class that made America. Ask anyone from Venezuela and we have a friend who has relatives there. Sad.
HELP!!!!!!
So, will the Social Security payments of retired white straight Christian males have to be lowered due to “past privileges”? Sure looks like that.
Ocrazio-Cortez is amazingly ignorant, but dangerous in her apparent popularity among the uneducated masses. Her plan would devastate this nation, which is obviously the intentions of the whole “Social Justice Warrior” mentality.
Usually, freshmen congress critters are told to “sit down, shut up and learn the ropes” their first term. They aren’t supposed to attempt to restructure our entire way of life.
This crazy woman is very dangerous, and needs to be dealt with.
she would be more effective if she didn’t talk at all.
This woman is a traitor to the American people.
Our education system has been totally compromised by socialist communists, who,ve rewritten textbooks, put in place a single party ideology and were silently trying to erase our constitution. Saul Alinskey principles everywhere and this is the result. Ignorance regarding history. This is what our founding fathers warned of, tyranny from within.
Ocrazyo-Cortez…….100% fossil fuel free in 10…or is it 12…years?? Hmmmm. What’s going to power airplanes? Big batteries? Ocean going ships? Trains? Or are we going to have to give all of these up? And a Tesla in every garage? Terrific! But where are the nightly terawatts coming from to recharge all those batteries? How about a horse in every garage? That would make just about as much sense.
This woman is seriously crazy.
Korea and Vietnam were sold as preventing the spread of communism. Now some our own representatives want us to vote for it. Of course they call it socialism. The founders of this nation were truly great men. Today they are being betrayed.
Something these young inexperienced people need to understand. They can get free collage by giving your time and sevvice to the military for 4 years. If a socialist government gives you collage you will have to study what they want you to study. Socilist free housing, You live where the government wants you to live. Socialist free food, you get what they give you when they give it and they ration everything. Socilist free medical (This is already apparent in Obama care) But you go to the doctors they want you to go to you get the treatment they say you can get and if there are any meds available you will get them IF the government says you can. One needs only to look at how the government has managed the VA medical to see they know nothing about people they will only want the very rich and the dirt poor, and the very rich will own you.
She is a moronic collective socialist idiot!! She is in breach of her oath of office! The minute these critters like her get elected they run around spewing agenda’s instead of sitting their azzes down in Congress and doing the nation’s constitutional agenda work!! All the crap she is advocating is in direct opposition to the constitutional principles she took an oath to uphold!!! So, she and others like her are tyrannical. We don’t want to hear about agendas. We want our representatives to uphold the constitution and do what we want!!
after the problems of illegal immigration,homelessness,drugs, and the other problems that AMERICANS face are solved, then “WE THE PEOPLE” can elect try socialism!
not socialism—COMMUNISM!!!!
globalism is the trojan horse! if the wall doesn’t go up the U,S. will fall. we can’t be defeated militarily without destroy the world economically, so it must be accomplished through a “soft coup”. the dems and rinos can NEVER win the White House again!
What does a 29 year old socialist know. Only the ignorant would follow her.
I think this lady and Pelosi both need to see a shrink, there is something seriously wrong with both of these women.
Our first known elected cutie pie Communist – raised in an more upscale version of America on Long Island, New York was asked about Roe Vs. Wade the other day. She said those are the two ways illegals cross “that river” between the U.S. and South America.
It’s my understanding Congresswoman Cortez has a degree in Economics from Boston University. Her lack of understanding of economic principles should be a warning sign to anyone who is contemplating studying economics at BU or BU should revoke her degree.
This is really a non-starter with this young woman. She doesn’t have concrete knowledge as to how she can push her agenda forward. She isn’t a Rhodes Scholar by any means, but a former bartender. Medicare for all would cost over 32 trillion for 10 years. Free college education would consume several trillion more. The Federal government cannot get the Post Office out of the red, nor have the VA care for our veterans properly, let alone run a single payer health care system.
It’s not a Trojan Horse – something that looks like a benefit, a gift, but contains a real threat.
It’s a crap sandwich masquerading as a crap sandwich.
this woman is an IDIOT!
Isn’t it strange that when we have finally reached energy independence, this idiot wants to dismantle our energy sector??? Nothing that comes out of Ocasio-Cortez’s mouth makes sense. The New Green Deal is just another attempt to sugar coat socialism/communism and paint it green. Study history folks. Socialism/communism never has worked. It always results in misery for all except the elitists at the top. Look at Venezuela!
Is this some sort of a cruel joke? With Wall Street, New York is the hub of capitalism! Then, these same NY hypocrites turn around and vote in this socialist?
I plead the blood of Jesus over our nations leaders! Father lead them and guide them by your Spirit to follow Your leading where our nation is concerned in Jesus name I pray. Thank you Father for bringing us back to the foundational truths our nation was founded upon; Iur Constitution. Thank you ABBA Father for Your will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. I give you praise and glory for it! Amen!
For those who seriously understand the Book of Daniel, Chapters 7, 8 and Revelations 13, should prepare one for understanding the Ancient of Days. And as the ten lost tribes of Israel are gathering in Israel in these times it is not surprising to see people emerging to try and lead the lost into oblivion. Of importance with Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal, Nancy Pelosi’s tryst with the President, Beto O’Rourke’s statement of “…we are not blue or red we are Texans…” is the stripping away of individual identity, accepting peace at all cost, and relinquishing one’s inalienable rights to those who only want the power to control. The proverbial ‘frog in the pot” is on the stove and those who really want to abdicate their freedoms and liberties will jump in and be boiled alive. As President George Bush stated after 9-11, we are dealing with the “Axis of Evil”. No matter how much sugar is sprinkled on the doctrine to make is really desirable to be blue, once the cage door is opened, only the second ancient of days – Christ’s Return will eliminate evil.