Former Rep. Barney Frank (D., Mass.) called the Green New Deal a “loser” for Democrats on Tuesday, saying that kind of radical change all at once could “destabilize a society.”
“I think the Green New Deal would be a loser. I do not think that people are going to be advocating that whole package,” Frank said on “Squawk Box.” “There’s not a lot in there I disagree with … But there’s an argument that you don’t destabilize a society by doing too much change at once.
“We have people who are skeptical of government, people like me who do want to expand the government role in some areas, need to understand that we have to show how that works. You have to do it in pieces, and then as you show it has worked, you can build on that,” he added.
Known for his work on the Dodd-Frank legislation on financial regulation, Frank weighed in on CNBC about the growing 2020 Democratic field.
He said the American people were “unpredictable” in choosing their presidents so he was reluctant to make predictions.
He said he was worried about the fringes on the right and left who thought their preferences mirrored those of the public.
Frank said he didn’t think democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), who officially announced Tuesday he was running for president, could be elected.
All Senate Democrats running for president have come out in support of the radical energy proposal from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) to battle climate change.
The Green New Deal proposal had a rough rollout, with Ocasio-Cortez’s office releasing a derided “FAQ” on the resolution that included details like providing economic security for those “unwilling to work,” putting an end to air travel and getting rid of farting cows.
The proposal itself is wildly ambitious and calls for extensive government intervention in the economy to meet the goal of 100 percent, zero-emission energy sources and the elimination of fossil fuel use.
It also guarantees a “family-sustaining wage” and high-quality health care for all Americans, in addition to calling for actions like upgrading every building in America for energy efficiency and expanding high-speed rail to a point where air travel becomes unnecessary.
Republicans have attacked the Green New Deal for being impractical and pushing the country toward socialism.
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From the article, “then as you show it has worked, you can build on that.” What is it that has been do far that they can show that has worked? Is it Georgetown Texas that has added a thousand dollars a month to the average household power bill by going to 100% green energy? Is it California’s Bullet Trains that had to be abandoned because it wasn’t feasible? Is it Germany who has tripled its power rate by going to 30% renewable energy but has failed to significantly reduce its green house emissions?
Concentrating on what has worked is a good idea. One of these is the free enterprise system under President Trump that has reduced green house emissions more than most industrial nations and resulted in prosperity.
Here is a policy paper hatched over a weekend by a little group of eco-anarchists . They must have been absolutely stoned when they came up with this crap . Didn’t Ms Mouthpiece just tell everyone that the world was going to end in 12 years ? Or was that Al Gore pulling the strings .
The USA better wake the F up before the international community writes them off completely as childish clowns .
Maybe the hook up of China and Russia will be enough to stop their circular peeing contest . Some how I doubt it . With a MSM that has abandoned who ,what ,where ,why,for brain wash activism the public is being
fed race baiting PC garbage .
The equivalent of 23 x 9/11 deaths per year(70,000) from opioid and other drugs , more than the entire USA casualties in the Korean War and CNN ‘s
big news… “Police want to talk to Smollett ” . What’s tomorrows headline
Smollett has a dentist appointment .
Speaking of losers…