In a sit-down interview with Anderson Cooper for CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) floated taxing the wealthy as much as 70 percent to fund her climate change plan called the “Green New Deal.” “[P]eople are going to have
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez referred to the 70% rate on people at the “tippy-tops” as the rich merely paying their “fair share” of the tax burden.
The Green New Deal ignores that there is no way to squeeze enough energy out of renewables, or store it in batteries, to replace fossil fuels.
The news that Nancy Pelosi’s House Democrats will create a select committee to draft legislation might seem to be mere dry proceduralism, and yet in fact, it’s a significant signal that Democrats intend to fast-track Green legislation.
In Part One of this series, we observed that politicians such as Beto O’Rourke have proven that they are “digital natives.” That is, they’ve grown up with social media, and their “fluency” is already reshaping campaigns.
As we know, Ocasio-Cortez has put forth many ideas, from “Medicare for All” to “Abolish ICE” to “Stop Amazon.” Yet one of her ideas looms above all the others: a “Green New Deal.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal was already tried under Obama — and failed. The U.S. reduced emissions by following the opposite of her advice.
An estimated 800 student demonstrators packed into the offices of lawmakers and lined the hallways of Capitol Hill on Monday, which led to the arrests of 138 people, according to U.S. Capitol Police.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called press secretary Sarah Sanders a liar in a tweet to Sanders’ dad, former Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Ocasio-Cortez compared her election win to some of the U.S.’s most historic accomplishments, including NASA’s first manned moon landing.
A columnist at a Philadelphia newspaper believes climate change is responsible for natural disasters, murder and riots in Paris.
U.S. Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is demanding that the U.S. commit to shifting 100% of its energy consumption to renewable energy as part of a “Green New Deal” she is demanding party leaders support.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she wants a carbon tax and trillions in government spending to create a “renewable energy economy.”
