Green Party in Interviews during 2017-2019


On Energy & Oil: Reorganize society to accomplish Green New Deal

The Green Party wants to set the record straight [that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not think up the Green New Deal]. Said one Green Party analyst: "This Democratic version of the Green New Deal is watered down. It pales in comparison to ours."

The Green Party's Green New Deal is indeed more expansive, and a much more aggressive, socialist reorganization of society. The two plans have the same goal of 100% renewable energy by the year 2030, and they both call for universal health care and a federal job guarantee. But the Green Party's plan calls for tuition-free college, and publicly owned utilities. To pay for it, the Greens call for major progressive tax and financial reform, including a 90% tax on bonuses for bailed out bankers, and a reduction in military spending by 50%.

Greens say their Green New Deal is the only version that's going to reduce emissions to the degree scientists say is necessary to prevent climate catastrophe, because it's the only one that's truly socialist.

Source: The New Republic magazine on 2020 Presidential hopefuls Feb 22, 2019

The above quotations are from Interviews during 2017-2019, interviewing presidential hopefuls for 2020.
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