# AOC's "Green New Deal" pipe dream

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aocs-green-new-deal-pipe-dream/829160>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 8, 2019, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aocs-green-new-deal-pipe-dream/829160 "2019-02-08T08:48:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aocs-green-new-deal-pipe-dream/829160/138 "2019-02-12T12:45:20Z")

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> [@Gary\_Kumquat](#):
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> “You’ve stated that you’re a racist”

Let’s look at the sentence you quoted in context:

> [@Black Panther movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-panther-movie/809075/399):
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> I openly admit to a certain type of racism. But it is a paternalistic one. I don’t at all understand racists who hate black people, call them vulgar names, want to subjugate them as farm or domestic workers, or favor separatism.
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> I’m going to guess your “I’m not a racist, but…” acquaintances wouldn’t agree with my list of favorite presidents, and would not share my support for reparations for slavery.

Said presidents being Obama, Grant, and LBJ. :dubious:

But as I said, only one flat out lie. Here it is:

> [@Gary\_Kumquat](#):
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> “universal healthcare cannot work in America”

Ahem.

> [@Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, on How to Pay for Medicare for All](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-ocasio-cortez-on-how-to-pay-for-medicare-for-all/825514/500):
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> I’m \*not \*adamant that we can’t have a universal health care entitlement here. I believe it is a human rights imperative that we do.

> [@Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, on How to Pay for Medicare for All](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-ocasio-cortez-on-how-to-pay-for-medicare-for-all/825514/380):
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> We need to do better by our citizens and make access to health care universal. But we need to stop saying Canada is the model to follow. It is not. How about France instead?

> [@Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, on How to Pay for Medicare for All](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-ocasio-cortez-on-how-to-pay-for-medicare-for-all/825514/422):
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> I already stated it several times upthread: I would push for a universal HDHP/HSA entitlement. […]  
> Ideally I’d also like to end the tax exemption for health plans, but that’s probably not feasible due to the power of the top 20 percent, as I also noted upthread.

I’ll be over here holding my breath awaiting your retraction. :rolleyes:

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