Originally Posted by
MrTickle
No, I just haven’t heard one extreme policy yet. Just tell me one.
the discussion -- at least the one i've been having wasn't whether her policies are "extreme" -- but whether the things she says are idiotic.
i've cited to a bunch of them above so i'll assume that part of this discussion is not in dispute. if it is, let me know and i'll point some out for you.
also to question whether her policies are "extreme" may be the wrong way of putting it. for example, she wants to be zero net greenhouse gas emissions within 10 years, which is a great goal.
but how yould you get there in a way that's not financially ruinous to the country? she has no ideas on how to achieve this. if you've actually heard her speak, you'll be even more alarmed.
her green new deal page talks about moving to all electric cars and replacing air travel with high speed rail everywhere. it laments "cows farting", with the implication being that meat eating needs to be cut down. these goals are unattainable so if those are her "policies," yes they are extreme.
she wants to use the $3.4 billion in tax cuts that amazon would have received and invest that
entirely non-existent money to go to schools, infrastructure, etc.
aside from her batshit crazy position that NY was subsidizing those amazon jobs, which is flatout embarrassing, some of her other stated reasons for opposing amazon were because it would cause gentrification and because she is against large companies getting taxpayer subsidies.
those are bad policy positions. no one was more in favor of amazon coming in, per polling, than black and hispanic communities, who saw the potential for good jobs. as for taxpayer subsidies, on principle, she rejected $27,000,000,000 in tax revenue because amazon wanted an offset of $3.4 billion. this is a terrible policy position and caused real harm to new yorkers. i'd say this is an extreme position and reflects a failure to even understand market forces, economics and capitalism.