ICYMI: Friedenberg supports $93 trillion socialist green dream

May 13, 2019

Hey there –
 
In an interview with Centre Daily-Times, socialist Marc Friedenberg reiterated his support for Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s Green New Deal – despite the fact that it will completely decimate Pennsylvania’s coal and natural gas industries and put thousands of his constituents out of work. Estimates show that AOC’s socialist boondoggle will cost an upwards of $93 trillion, will raise taxes on hardworking, middle-class families by thousands of dollars and will have no effect on the climate.

If Friedenberg really wants to combat climate change, why is he supporting a plan that would have “no effect” on the Earth’s climate?

In case you missed it…

Where do candidates for Pa.’s 12th Congressional District stand on key issues?
Centre Daily-Times
Sarah Peaz
May 11, 2019
https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/article230256604.html
 
In a little over a week, Centre County voters in the 12th Congressional District will head to the polls for the first Congressional special election in the county since 2001.
 
Republican Fred Keller, a state representative since 2010 from Snyder County, will face off against Ferguson Township Democrat Marc Friedenberg, who lost to Lycoming County incumbent Tom Marino in the 2018 midterms.
 
The sprawling 12th Congressional District includes College, Ferguson, Gregg, Haines, part of Halfmoon, Harris, Miles, Penn and Potter townships and Centre Hall, Millheim and State College boroughs.
 
Each candidate recently sat down with the Centre Daily Times to talk about the issues most important to the district residents and how they plan to address those issues if elected to Congress.
 
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Climate change and the environment

Keller is opposed to the Green New Deal, a non-binding resolution put forth by U.S. House Democrats to get ahead of the effects of climate change. He said he supports using the energy industry — namely, natural gas — to fund infrastructure projects. He does not want to push out the natural gas or oil industries, he said.
 
“The Green New Deal will cost … $93 trillion … it would cost every Pennsylvania family $600,000. That’s a tax increase on the middle class, and quite frankly a tax … that they can’t afford,” he said.
 
Many Republicans have cited the cost of the Green New Deal at $93 trillion, a number that comes from right-center leaning think tank American Action Forum. Others estimate the cost would be between $50 trillion to $93 trillion over 10 years, or that it’s too early to put a price tag on the plan.
 
Friedenberg is in favor of the Green New Deal, because he considers climate change to be one of the greatest issues facing our generation and affecting the lives of his children.
 
But even if the Green New Deal doesn’t stick, he said he is in support of helping transition Pennsylvania’s economy to a more sustainable one.
 
“In Pennsylvania, we’re uniquely well positioned to become leaders in the transition to renewable energy and reducing carbon emissions in particular,” he said.
 
That transition, he said, looks like investing in infrastructure like roads and bridges, making sure humans are building in ways to defend from climate disasters and aiding a new crop of jobs in industries like solar, wind and geothermal energies.
 
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