Dems launch ‘Green New Deal’ as AOC staffer reveals it’s not about climate but stealing ‘wealth’

By Jon Dougherty

To a great deal of mainstream media (MSM) fanfare, Democratic star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Thursday laid out the allegedly goals of a “Green New Deal” they say is meant to combat ‘climate change’ by making the United States reliant on energy technologies that produce zero emissions within a decade.

But the MSM ignored a revelation Wednesday by a former top staffer for “AOC” that the true objective of the plan isn’t just to achieve a renaissance in clean energy but to essentially steal the wealth of rich Americans and redistribute it, Venezuela-style, throughout the country — that is, until the wealth runs out.

AsÂ Reuters reports, the Green New Deal is likely to be pushed heavily by Democrats in the run-up to the 2020 elections. Ocasio-Cortez, Markey, and other Democrats envision a government-led investment effort (read taxpayer-financed, not private industry-financed) on a large scale to develop clean energy infrastructure while transforming the U.S. economy.

â€œThe Green New Deal fully tackles the existential threat posed by climate change by presenting a comprehensive, 10-year plan that is as big as the problem it hopes to solve while creating a new era of shared prosperity,â€ according to a summary of the plan Democrats released Thursday.

For her part, Ocasio-CortezÂ said she plans to begin to work right away on legislation that would â€œfully flesh out the projects involved in the Green New Deal.â€

Republicans have already pooh-poohed the plan with one lawmaker, Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado, noting that a climate change hearing Wednesday in the House natural resources committee sounded more like discussing a “Soviet five-year plan.”