“Moderate” Kamala Harris Teamed Up with AOC for Far-Left Climate Equality Act
Shortly before being selected as former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate, Senator Kamala Harris teamed up with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to introduce the Climate Equality Act.
A peek into the bill’s contents shows the radical ideas the supposedly “centrist” Democrat vice-presidential candidate has in mind for the nation. If passed, it would not only bloat government bureaucracy, but introduce social justice laws that would transform the way the United States works.
The Climate Equality Act has its roots in the infamous Green New Deal, legislation that was so controversial that not even its proponents dared to vote for it on the Senate floor last year. It dictates that the government open an Office of Climate and Environmental Justice Accountability that would assess every single piece of “Climate-related” legislation proposed by national lawmakers to ensure that the laws further the goal of “equity” — that is, equal outcomes, for all minority communities.
Put simply, proposed bills have to have the exact same impact on every single ethnic demographic in the nation or the lawmaker proposing the bill would have to either trash it or amend it. How that would work in real life is simply mind-boggling.
Crashing U.S. dollar could crush IRAs & 401(k)s Crashing U.S. dollar could crush IRAs & 401(k)s First of all, climate activists would do everything in their power to ensure that a bill they don’t like is classified as a “climate- related bill” either at its inception or via the court system. Second, the bill assumes that there is no diversity in the nation, and that every person classified as a “minority” has the same needs, desires, and expectations.
There is also the obvious fact that pandering to demographic groups necessarily overlooks other people, cementing racism as federal procedure. The focus on “climate change” is lost in the bill as it focuses heavily on ensuring that laws have equal outcomes for millions of people, a literal impossibility that will ensure that no climate bill is ever passed again.
The truth is that the Climate Equality Act isn’t really about combatting climate change. It’s about implementing a far-left agenda that forces everyone into the same lifestyle and manner of behavior. It comes from a socialist mindset that believes it’s possible to achieve “equity” without sacrificing diversity and the freedom people have to choose their paths in life.
While it’s true that the poor suffer more than the rich when natural disasters strike, the solution isn’t to segregate the sufferers into groups and dole out assistance to some and not to others. Rather, a good government should work to improve the lives of all its citizens. But then again, this is the far-left we’re talking about — so this isn’t really about “citizens” either.
Poster Comment:
Stupid is as stupid does.
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Lod posted on 2020-08-19 13:19:10 Reply Private Reply
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Look at the last earthquake to hit Napa. Some wealthy people had expensive bottles of wine that hit the floor. Sometime you just cannot escape the way things get evened out. ;)
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Climate EquityActAvoiding the worst consequences of theclimate crisis will require the United States to mobilize afull-scale and urgent effort in the form of a Green New Deal, which willend our reliance on fossil fuels and build a clean economy with millions of new jobs.Yet history has shownthat suchgovernmenteffortsoften leavebehind
vulnerable“frontline” communities who stand to disproportionately sufferthenegativeimpactsof the crisis at hand.Evenasthe nation’s landmark environmental laws—from the Clean Water Act to the Clean Air Act—have transformedenvironmental conditions on the whole, they havefailed to adequately protect frontline communities from polluted air, toxicwater, and more. Asthe United States combats climate changeand confronts the challenges of the 21st century,U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA)and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez(D-NY-14) a reannouncing the Climate Equity Act(CEA) to ensure that frontline communities have a seat at the policy making table and that nobody gets left behind. Frontline communities are those that have experienced systemic socioeconomic disparities, environmental racism, and other forms of injustice, including low-income communities,indigenous peoples, and communities of color.As the climate crisis continues, these communities and others, including deindustrialized communities, depopulated rural communities, vulnerable elderly populations, unhoused populations, and people with disabilities—and the women, youth, and future generations belonging to these communities—will be on the frontlines of the climate crisis. We must hold the United States government accountable for ensuring that frontline communities are at the heart of the decision-making process whenever it considers a policy, regulation, or rule with a climate or environmental nexus—which could broadly include direct policies to address the environment and climate change, but also transportation, housing, infrastructure, jobs, workforce development, and more. That is why legislation is needed to:
Hold Congress Accountable•Require that environmental and climate-related legislation receive an equity score that will transparently estimate the impact on frontline communities.oThe equity score will be modeled after the economic scores provided by the Congressional Budget Office, will be developed in consultation with experts and leaders from frontline communities, and will be updated periodically.
Hold the Executive Branch Accountable•Require that environmental and climate-related rules and regulations that have significant impact on frontline communities undergo an additional level of review. This review will aim to mitigate negative impacts, maximize benefits,and bring representatives from frontline communities into the regulatory review process.•Require that environmental and climate-related federal grant-making and investment programs undergo review to ensure that frontline communities.
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