A Cautionary Green New Deal Tale

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🗓️ 15 February 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The Green New Deal brought attention back to the idea of high-speed rail in America. This week California squandered it. What lessons should Americans be taking from the failed high-speed rail project in California? Guest: Henry Grabar, staff writer at Slate. Tell us what you think by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or sending an email to [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram for updates on the show. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, so green new deal.
0:08.4	Yeah.
0:09.4	You just gave me a look like, yes.
0:14.0	How much did you watch the reaction to it from politicians?
0:17.6	Pretty closely.
0:19.1	Henry Grubbar is a writer here at Slate.
0:21.9	I don't know if you recall, but last week there was a complicated rollout.
0:28.0	Either way, Henry says complicated.
0:30.4	Like, here we go again.
0:32.6	Henry describes it as a pretty straightforward resolution.
0:35.8	You know, a little four-page proposal with a lot of very vague provisions.
0:40.2	But then there was this press release.
0:42.9	That came from Ocasio Cortez's office, styled as an FAQ, and that they later said was released
0:49.8	by mistake.
0:51.6	And that document is where all the crazy stuff that became GOP memes in the subsequent week
0:59.3	came from.
1:03.4	This press release, it talked about reducing greenhouse gas emissions by getting rid of farting
1:07.9	cows.
1:08.9	It also talks about getting rid of airplanes.
1:11.2	How many miles have on Delta, Jillian?
1:13.6	It's go get it, go to waste.
1:15.0	What am I going to use them for?
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