[NorthMountain]

The goal is to "nudge 40% of U.S. drivers into electric vehicles by decade’s end."

The government of a free, constitutional republic has no business trying to "nudge" people. That's the act of a closet tyrant.

[piasa]

Obama came up with a nudge czar... seriously. Plug thenudge into FR’s search feature.

[piasa]

White House presses for team of ‘nudge’ experts to sway American behavior
Washington Times ^ | 7/30/13 | Cheryl K. Chumley
Posted on 7/31/2013, 12:49:29 AM by Nachum

The White House has kicked off several federal projects aimed at influencing how Americans react to certain policy reforms, going so far as to solicit behavior experts to join a British-style “Behavioral Insights Team” to help nudge voters into accepting key political programs. “Behavioral sciences can be used to help design public policies that work better, cost less and help people to achieve their goals,” a document on the government program states, Fox News reported. The document, emailed by White House senior adviser Maya Shankar and obtained by Fox News, also seeks applicants to join the federal government’s behavior modification team.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...

[Sarcazmo]

Nudge is just the first phase.

They’ll take the same approach as they did with the vax...

[DownInFlames]

The last time a government tried to nudge people, it was into cattle cars.

[central_va]

The un-nudger.