Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: AOC on fox news of all places [View all]Perseus
(4,341 posts)This is a very defeatist attitude, and I understand where that its coming from because Biden is also a skeptic on the issue, although he is a Democrat, he is not a progressive, he is more of a conservative Democrat, which is also understandable due to his length in public office and the policies he is accustomed to deal with, lets face it, it is a different generation with more conservative values. I am not including the word "conservative" to resemble anything republican by the way, just want to make sure people who read this understand it.
Here is the link, before I forget:
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/how-much-will-the-green-new-deal-cost/
The cost of NO GREEN DEAL will be devastating. There is so much that can be done with taxes, cuts to the military, etc. The 2020 budget for the military is $738 billion (a $22 billion increase over last years), that is coming from tax payer contribution, so are the tax cuts. As the World becomes warmer pandemics like the one we live today will become more frequent, because virus and bacteria love the warm weather, it makes us all more vulnerable, so instead of thinking that the "Green Deal" is something funny, we all need to support it, it will affect those who will still be alive in 30-40 years, and it will definitely affect our kids, and their kids. It is not far fetched to imagine a World like the one in "Total Recall", by making the World a harder place to live we give more power to those who already have the power, we become their subjects just so that we can exist.
And here is part of AOC's proposal for the "Green Deal":
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/08/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-new-green-deal-jobs-guarantee-what-to-expect.html
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided