The media coverage of the Green New Deal is baffling given that 100% of what it actually does is "resolve" that "it is the sense of the House of Representatives" that the government must create something called a Green New Deal, and that it should solve all of America's problems
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Not exaggerating. GND is a letter to Santa in resolution form. 100% renewable energy, major upgrades to every single US building, a high-wage job guarantee for every citizen, universal healthcare, universal retirement security, universal higher ed, universal affordable housing...
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Entire political campaigns have been run on the basis of fewer commitments with more realistic prognoses. If you put "genetically engineer actual unicorns" in there, it would be one of the better specified & more achievable objectives
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Most of these goals are laudable — but as a package, completely infeasible. They're not even clearly articulated. There's no policy or proposal here. The only justifiable headline would be something like "Freshman Rep Demands Promise We'll Fix Literally Everything, Somehow"
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This is stupid virtue signaling & in a sane world it would be all but a guarantee of a one-term tenure in federal government. You've already been elected; build your personal brand on your own time But nope here we are
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Replying to @webdevMason
I think there's value in giving a name to a thing so people can get behind it. Viable law can be step 2. If the first version was nuanced, would it have gotten enough attention to have a chance of passing?
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You don't actually need to pass a bill to announce that at some point you'd like to pass another bill; if every rep felt compelled to turn the "Issues" section of their websites into an official resolution it wouldn't do the country a lick of good
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That said, I'm less irritated with AOC than with the ignoramuses who've enabled pointless plays like this to be instantly converted into serious political capital, & I'm less irritated with them than I am with media that pounces on whichever narrative drives conflict
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