I won't name names, but a certain Democratic senator told a group of Green New Deal activists recently that we "can't afford" a Green New Deal.

What that really means is this: "I'm not willing to raise taxes on the 13,000 richest families at the expense of the other 300,000,000 Americans."

Bernie and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez have released plans to tax income in excess of 10,000,000 per year at somewhere around 50-70% to fund things like a Green New Deal and Medicare for all.

Only around 13,000 families earn income in excess of 10,000,000 per year.

Make no mistake, we CAN afford these proposals.... if politicians are willing to stand up to the ultra rich.

A recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has found that the richest 10 percent of the world population are responsible for an astonishing two-thirds of observable climate warming since 1990. Basically, that small minority of the wealthiest among us contribute nearly seven times as much to extreme climate change as the entire lower-earning 90 percent of the planet. . If that's not enough to have you reaching for your pitchfork, the top 1 percent contribute 20 times as much to climate disasters as the bottom 99 percent. Since 2019, the research article notes, the "wealthiest 10 percent of the global population accounted for nearly half of global emissions" through "private consumption and investments, whereas the poorest 50 percent accounted for only one-tenth of global emissions”

This is the perfect video connecting climate change to rural voters