The Green New Deal Has Already Worked
Rodney Johnson | March 05, 2019 | If you have assets, income, or both, then you are responsible for every bad thing that has happened in the U.S. But don't worry! The Green New Deal, co-sponsored by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey, will give you a chance to fix it. All you have to do is sign over, well, everything to the central government, which will then use its wisdom to determine how we should live for the foreseeable future so that all outcomes are equalized and no one is left behind. Good-paying jobs? Check. Universal healthcare? Of course. Free education? For everybody! Pollution? Zero (after 2050). Respect all indigenous people? You know it. Consider every single environmental impact for every action ever undertaken? Duh. As you read the Green New Deal proposal, you'll find that it says it's not just a good thing to do this, it is the duty of the United States to go down this path. The document would be laughable except for one thing. Few people are laughing. More than 600 organizations signed in support of it, and so have dozens of individuals, including many Democratic Presidential hopefuls. It's hard to say any of them think this proposal, which is more of a college freshman's dream or a description of Cuba or Venezuela from the good old days, is realistic, but that's not the point. As AOC, as she's called, explained in her Instagram chat while chopping vegetables, the goal is to move the boundaries of the conversation far enough with the extreme Green New Deal proposals that a carbon tax would look like the moderate option. America, you just got played… READ MORE »  While Netflix, Amazon, Facebook and Apple get all the headlines, small cap stocks could be making you MUCH wealthier. Former Wall Street insider John Del Vecchio's new strategy uncovers small cap opportunities with both outstanding fundamentals and elite technicals. Extensive backtesting shows this system could have turned a $10K investment into $523,200 over the last 15 years. Click HERE to find out more. |
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