As the 2020 campaign continues to ramp up, and every left-of-center candidate tries to out-promise their competitors, the voters are offered even more electoral goodies. Just today Elizabeth Warren announced a plan to basically forgive all student debt. The cost of her program is covered by an increase in taxes, but the Massachusetts Senator thinks it’s worth it: “People come up to me in tears talking about their student loan debt. People talk to me about their fear that healthcare is going to be taken away. People talk to me about drugs, prescription drugs that they take that they simply can’t afford….

By now, you know that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal represents one of the most dangerous policies ever proposed. It would destroy the energy industry, bankrupt our nation, force a government takeover of healthcare, pay people unwilling to work, and require unprecedented government control over our lives. If you thought that was bad, Senator Bernie Sanders’ environmental plan is even worse. This week, Sanders rolled out his environmental plan, and he now can lay claim to having the most extreme and far-left plan on the market. First, Sanders says that he will pass a Green New Deal. He would force all…

In the span of a few months, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal efforts have gone from full speed ahead to stalled with no clear path forward. The freshman Congresswoman initially had momentum behind her green efforts, but her plan has quickly become a joke on the right and the subject of serious skepticism from moderates. Many in her own party will broadly give lip service to the idea of a Green New Deal without giving full-throated support because of obvious flaws in the plan. Others on the left point out the need for realistic solutions. The problems began when Ocasio-Cortez…

It’s beyond clear that the Green New Deal is terrible policy. It’s not technically feasible. It would bring unprecedented government control over the economy. And of course, it would bankrupt our nation. Not even the plan’s backers can tell us how much it will cost. Fortunately, there are some on the left who are implicitly pushing back against this craziness. Bloomberg reports that moderates are now pushing for a balanced budget constitutional amendment. “At a time when we face $1 trillion annual deficits, and both parties punt on even trying to pass a budget blueprint, we need to consider a new structure…

Socialism has wreaked havoc around the world — just ask Venezuelans suffering economic catastrophe today. While most Americans recognize that socialist policies have no place in a free, capitalist society, some on the far-left think that we should turn towards socialism. In recent months, the environmental movement has latched on to this as a means of advancing their own agenda, backing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal that is undisputedly inspired by socialism. After all, the Green New Deal would represent an unprecedented government takeover of the economy. It calls for single-payer healthcare – a socialist proposal. It promises guaranteed unionized jobs and…

Now that he’s running for president, it seems former Congressman Beto O’Rourke is willing to throw out policies he once advocated for, especially when it comes to energy. In his 2018 Senate run, O’Rourke highlighted Texas’ status as a “proud energy leader” in oil and gas, as well as renewable energy. He argued that “deciding between oil and renewables” represented a “false choice.” He also promoted fracking in his 2018 run, telling one reporter that fracking should be done “in a responsible, safe way.” O’Rourke used to be known as a middle-of-the-road congressman. He preached fiscal sanity and talked about spending cuts. On energy, O’Rourke too…

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is considering an independent presidential bid, and one way he’s demonstrating his moderate credentials is by opposing the Green New Deal. In February, Schultz slammed the Green New Deal directly, calling the bill “immoral” and “unrealistic.” As someone who built businesses and operated real estate, Schultz knows that the Green New Deal’s trillions in spending and promises to retrofit every building in the country are impossible. “I read that by 2030 they’re suggesting that every building in America becomes clean energy, conforms to clean energy, just to put that in perspective, because it’s not realistic, that would…

The Green New Deal went down in a stunning defeat in the Senate last week, with zero senators voting for the bill. 57 voted against, including four left-leaning senators. Amidst this disaster, Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey, the Senate sponsor of the Green New Deal, is celebrating. Speaking to the Boston Globe yesterday, Markey called the Green New Deal a “huge success so far” because people are talking about it. Perhaps Markey has a different definition of success. Usually, Senators judge success by whether they pass bills, not whether people are talking (and generally mocking) their proposal to bring socialism to America under…

Just one year ago, Beto O’Rourke was the 2nd largest recipient of Oil & Gas campaign cash in the entire country. As recently as 2012, O’Rourke preached fiscal sanity, saying that the US had an “extravagant government” that required “significant” spending cuts. He said that debt was “out of control.” He wanted to cut spending and balance the budget. No longer. Before jumping into the 2020 presidential race, Beto declared that he was “supportive of the concept” of the Green New Deal. Then, he went further, calling it the “best proposal” he has seen. Now, O’Rourke is doubling down once again. During a “We the People…

Yesterday afternoon, we finally got a glimpse of how broad the support for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal” was in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called the bill for a vote, and the eco-extremist movement was dealt a substantial blow. The reason? Not a single Senator voted for the Green New Deal. Zero. Forty-three Democratic senators voted “present,” including many who have already publicly come out in support of the deal in their fledgling presidential campaigns. In an editorial this morning, the Wall Street Journal mocked these cowardly 2020 candidates, writing: “The profiles in present’ included presidential hopefuls Kirsten Gillibrand…