Noah on Green New Deal: I Am Always Skeptical When Someone Proposes a ‘Cure-All’

‘That’s a lot of major issues for a climate change plan to solve’

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NOAH: "Wow! That’s a lot of major issues for a climate change plan to solve. I expected the Green New Deal to tackle greenhouse gases and fossil fuels, but apparently it’s also going to give everyone a job, and health care, and free education, and provide affordable housing and get your parents back together? ( Laughter ) And don’t get me wrong, these are admirable aspiration, but I’m always skeptical when anyone proposes a cure-all. It’s like one of those old-timey health products that a travelling salesman used to sell: 'Just one bottle will cure insomnia, headache, sea sickness, moustache, weakness, and even a total eclipse of the heart.' But I will say this. The main part of the bill is about climate change. And Ocasio-Cortez is right that the U.S. needs to take drastic measures to prevent climate change’s worst effects. Of course, over at Fox News, as soon as they heard 'Cortez' and 'climate change,' sirens started going off like Bin Laden just emerged from the ocean holding Aquaman’s trident. They were like, 'This is not a drill! We have a code! AOC! Man your battle stations!'"

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