The Green Illusion
Now they tell us. That is, now they are telling us that “green jobs” won’t be such good jobs after all.
We get this blunt assessment from the New York Times, the most important newspaper in the country and without a doubt the numero uno medium by which Democrats communicate with each other.
Which is to say, if the Times is right—more from that newspaper in a moment—then top Democrats were, uh, wrong when they promised that the Green New Deal or some variant would rebuild the middle class.
For instance, just last year the presidential campaign of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris pledged:
Our response to climate change can create more than 10 million well-paying jobs in the United States that will grow a stronger, more inclusive middle class enjoyed by communities across the country, not just in cities along the coasts.
Also last year, Sen. Bernie Sanders promised to double that job number. He would create 20 million jobs, assuring us:
These jobs will be good paying, union jobs with strong benefits and safety standards in steel and auto manufacturing, construction, energy efficiency retrofitting, coding and server farms, and renewable power plants.
So those were the political promises; and from the election results, it would seem that many voters believed them.
And the honeyed words about green jobs keep flowing. Earlier this month, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declared that the Green New Deal “is a blueprint to create millions of good jobs.”
The Biden presidency answers only to the billionaires that put them there and there’s no plan to help workers.
More like take away 10 million jobs. And to believe some still believe he is the best person for the job.
LOW Wage LOL ? The people that hate a 15 dollar minimum is because they never made it in their life and think that others should suffer in the same elderly poverty that they do because they never stood up for themselves. People living in a 30 year old valueless trailer and paying 600 dollars or more ground rent in a park and shopping at the Dollar Store are NOT Republicans and should STFU and keep their failures beliefs and opinions to themselves and be thankful they squeak by on the social programs they paid so little into. It’s not enough to JUST think your in the right when you really have not lived it and made nothing of yourself.