Lawmakers discuss their Green New Deal proposal at a news conference Feb. 7. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) The rollout of the progressives’ Green New Deal has been less than smooth. One major reason: the release of an FAQ that listed “economic security” for those “unwilling to work” as one of the program’s goals.
“Unwilling”? The now-retracted FAQ made other eyebrow-raising claims, but conservatives pounced on that word in particular. Of a piece with the usual complaints about welfare as a reward for laziness, it was called extreme, absurd and, in one florid instance, a “ Communist Manifesto, 21st Century .”
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