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[Dill]

(08-19-2019, 03:13 PM)hollodero Wrote: From what i heard, that was never meant to be read as finished legislation propositions, but rather to spur a conversation. That's what she said at least. If that is a good way to go about it is another thing, but maybe it's not fair to evaluate the Green New deal like it was a done proposal.

Correct. The point was to throw out possible policies, then get feedback.

This is the case with ALL bills. Their framers can only guess at what obstacles and costs there might be beforehand. The point of getting something on paper is that possible stakeholders can see what you have in mind and provide feedback.

The difference here is that this one calls from more radical change and so provokes more public discussion. 

How one comes down on the issue of climate change is crucial to how one views the bill. If you think anthropogenic global warming is a croc, then the whole thing looks crazy.  If you buy forecasts of a "tipping point" in the near future, then you want legislators to get started on rolling back carbon emissions and the like. NOW. Crazy is doing nothing. This is a start.