Saturday, January 19, 2019

THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND HAM



The Democrats' Green New Deal, reads like a children's bedtime story except, it is both funny and scary at the same time. Its intent is to make voters cleave loyalty to their ideas, but, it is frightening to think, that any rational American would believe this fairyland of ludicrous idealism.

The Democrats do however, throw in some tantalizing mainstream ideas, such as repealing the Patriot Act, revoking corporate personhood, and going to paper ballots but then they go too far, and roll down the yellow brick road, by promising to do away with the electoral college while providing free college.

The Green New Deal economic plans are laughably ridiculous, and their grandiose employment pronouncements are pure fantasy. First, they talk about government guarantying that everyone has a "living wage" job, even though Democrats have yet to define what a "living wage" means. How much money does it take to make you happy, healthy and secure? I suspect that answer will vary from one person to the next, given the complexities of individuals life choices or uncontrollable circumstances present in people's lives, how much money one needs to live on, is a fluid reality.

Free enterprise understands that fluid reality, and treats the wage earner as the manager of his or her negotiation through the flowing stream of life's changes. When you start out single and young you work for experience more than money, so you can climb the ladder of financial gain. In the communistic static model promoted by the Democrat socialists, you are not upwardly mobile, not compensated for experience and most importantly, not in charge of your life, for the government manages your destiny. (Oh, and by the way, that destiny invariable means, you will stay poor.)

Therefore, a "living wage" is a wonderful term for liberal dreamers to shout, but a completely fraudulent term, when they try to implement whatever "they", or government decides, is a sufficient amount of money to compensate the masses and call it a "living wage". It micro-manages the private sector economy, bringing job loss, small business closings and collapses the ladder of success in two ways. One, the ladder holds less people willing to climb because you have taken away their motivation to better their lives and two, cronyism and nepotism, insinuates its influences, invariably assuring that only those that are connected, see a promotional rise in their wealth and opportunities. 

As for creating the infamous three letter word, "jobs", the liberal leftist have made a bold promise.

"We will end unemployment in America once and for all by guaranteeing a job at a living wage for every American willing and able to work."
The problem? Just how do they plan to guarantee everyone a job? Unemployment is also a fluid reality, that has many factors to consider, government guaranteeing that people have work, only makes one wonder, what shovel of manure will one be holding? The real steaming pile pulled from the barn (as the guaranteed job) or your burning ears filled with their horse poop. No, Progressive Democrat's guaranteed job  pronouncement, rings as hollow as if, they were to guarantee everyone immunity from sickness, unhappiness and even death.  

Also absurd is their want of government to promote the green energy industry, which turns crony capitalism, into a full blown American aristocracy. 

"Invest in green business by providing grants and low-interest loans to grow green businesses and cooperatives, with an emphasis on small, locally-based companies that keep the wealth created by local labor circulating in the community rather than being drained off to enrich absentee investors."

Damn those pesky philanthropic silent investors that live in their multi-million dollar home far away from the companies they bankroll, into thriving start -ups. If they want to keep their money from Democrats, they better set up a cot in the basement of their venture capital investments. (sarc) 

"Provide green jobs by enacting the Full Employment Program which will directly provide 16 million jobs in sustainable energy and energy efficiency retrofitting, mass transit and "complete streets" that promote safe bike and pedestrian traffic, regional food systems based on sustainable organic agriculture, and clean manufacturing."

Oh golly gee, more micromanagement by elitist leftists in Washington, that want  to continue to shred our Constitution and federalism, by making states' rights obsolete and ignoring the 9th and 10th Amendments.

Throughout the Green New Deal story book, the word democracy, and individual, is used even while their holistic elitist federal approach, carves away state and entrepreneurial business freedoms and rights. Apparently, to progressive leftists, small business owners are not individuals. This is the part where the prince, kisses the princess, and she turns into a progressive frog, croak, croak.

No the Green New Deal is the same old song from the liberal left wing, that wants to grow the federal government and destroy private enterprise, tax the air we breathe, demonize the rich, and micromanage our lives more than King George III, ever thought was possible. 

How far afield from John F. Kennedy has the Democrat party veered? Well, his famous line; " ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country", must have been altered by the progressives to read instead, "ask not what my country has done for me - demand that my country do everything for me."

Oh and yes, I will cede up my individual liberty and pursuit of happiness and let elite kings and queens in Washington take care of me, as promised in the Green New, eggs and ham deal, "Sam, I am."

No, the Green New Deal is not just a fairy tale, it is the Nightmare on Capitol Elm street. Do you really think Congress can micro-manage the private sector economy into a success? No, not on a train, in the rain, in a boat, with a goat, not in a box, with a fox, in a house, with a mouse, not in a tree, Americans are free. No we do not like them here or there, we do not want government anywhere. We do not like Green New Deals and Ham. We do not like green progressive scams. 

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