“Climate change is not a market glitch to be fixed through pricing… but part of a dire social crisis.”
The GND Resolution’s purpose is to *define the scope* of a climate solution.
Now, from investing into battery tech to fixing water pipes, we can draft projects in the plan. https://t.co/q9faiP2dUA
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 10, 2019
For far too long, ideas like a carbon tax or cap-and-trade were touted as the premier solutions to climate change.
While those things could be *part* of a solution, the GND resolution says they are inadequate as the whole answer.
The pipes in Flint weren’t a “market failure.”
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 10, 2019
The pipes in Flint weren’t a market failure, they were a social failure.
It was a failure to see the people in Flint as important as the WH. Those decisions were predicated on a legacy of racism + dehumanization of the poor.
The enviro issue of water is how that was expressed.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 10, 2019
Government has failed us. Therefore give government more power and it’ll really really work after we messed it up the first time.
Via Twitchy:
It has not been a great week for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and/or her advisers and staff. This Green New Deal is truly a dumpster fire of a hot mess and honestly, at this point, they’d be better off claiming they were just punking Americans and shutting the whole thing down.
But we all know AOC won’t do that.
Her tenacity is one of her more endearing qualities, and by endearing, we mean hilariously pathetic but gives Twitchy material for WEEKS AND WEEKS. #JobSecurityRules