Posted on 01/30/2021 1:59:42 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski
President Joe Biden plans to create a New Deal-style “Civilian Climate Corps” to mobilize “a new, diverse generation of patriotic Americans” for the battle against climate change.
On Wednesday, Biden unveiled a flurry of executive actions his administration planned to undertake to “tackle the climate crisis at home and abroad.” The president, who campaigned for the White House last year on a platform “environmental justice,” argued the actions were necessary if the United States had any hopes of leading a “global response” to the climate crisis.
Just like we need a unified national response to Covid-19 [coronavirus], we desperately need a unified national response to the climate crisis because there is a climate crisis,” Biden told reporters at the White House when signing the executive orders into effect.
To help implement the unified national response, Biden is proposing the creation of a civilian climate corps. The program, based on the poverty-relief programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, will focus on employing individuals to work on energy-efficient infrastructure and conservation programs.
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Hitler Youth, II
they can all start by pissing through the Oval Office window to put out all the Hot Air emanating therefrom
Early in his first term, Obama talked about commissioning a volunteer "civilian corps" of some kind. I believe he compared it to the U.S. military - at least in its projected size.
I'm wondering if he was partially successful. Is it Antifa/BLM?
Does this ring a bell for anyone?
Oh me....I forgot to check my color wheel.
That happens and it's not smart IMO to depend on your guy to reverse the other guy's EO’s. Why give Congress a pass?
‘What Trump EO’s harmed the country? See the difference?’
Nope.. EO’s are bad for the Country as a whole..laws need to be passed by the Congress
Many of us think the elites will use the Vaccine to Cull those pesky Athros
With sharp sticks and snappy uniforms?
Congress serves two purposes:
▶ Obedient cheerleading squad amd rubber stamp if POTUS is a Demonrat. Especially if an illegitimate communist puppet.
▶ Obstructionist hecklers and organized outrage committee if POTUS is a Republican. Especially if a populist with a pro-America agenda who actually gets things done.
The program, based on the poverty-relief programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, will focus on employing individuals to work on energy-efficient infrastructure and conservation programs.
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Uniformed gangs armed with cans of spray foam.
Whatever happened to Americorps, by the way. I’m sure the program is still sucking up tax dollars, but gone are the brigades of uniformed youths I use to see doing calisthenics in the park while on my commute into work.
Are they going to wear nice little armbands?
Shouldn’t be allowed to do that without going through Congress. Wasted money the taxpayers will pay.
Sounds like FDR’s CCC
The 30’s called, they want biden to circle back
I believe the CCC had accompanying legislation to fund it. I don’t believe this EO can do anymore then generate PR. Still its potentially dangerous.
Greta Brigade
like ***CONSERVATION CORPS?
27 Apr 2020: Politico: How California’s contact tracing army could serve as model for nation’s reopening
By VICTORIA COLLIVER
OAKLAND — California’s plans to build an army of 10,000 people that can trace the trail of the coronavirus exposure could serve as a template for the nation and create a whole new sector of public health workers...
The country may need about 100,000 contact tracers, according to the National Association of State and Territorial Health Organizations, although other estimates have placed that figure as high as 300,000 people...
Newsom has said he plans to rely on both paid workers and volunteers from many major organizations, including the newly established California Health Corps, the California ***CONSERVATION CORPS, CalVolunteers and AmericaCorps…
https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/04/27/how-californias-contact-tracing-army-could-serve-as-model-for-nations-reopening-1280023
22 May: California Globe: Gov. Newsom’s ‘Trace Force’ COVID-19 Army
People need ‘to allow for their privacy to be impacted’
By Katy Grimes
In fact, the governor said at a recent Clinton Global Initiative video conference, the state needs to be able to “be able to trace their contacts; to isolate individuals that have either been exposed or quarantine people that are testing positive.’” This can only be accomplished if people “allow for their privacy to be impacted by that kind of acuity of attention based upon where they’ve been and who they talked to.”...
During a recent Clinton Global Initiative University livestream, former President Bill Clinton spoke of the need to track people “who are positive” with COVID-19, and described the need for an “army” of young people, Zero Hedge reported...
https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/gov-newsoms-trace-force-covid-19-army/
21 May 2020: WaPo: Expanding AmeriCorps could turn new grads into an army of contact tracers. It just needs funding
By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
AmeriCorps funds tens of thousands of young people to help vulnerable populations across the country. In exchange for their service, volunteers can build their résumés and receive up to $6,195 toward student loans or a degree.
The Clinton-era national service program is getting new attention as the country tries to contain and recover from the coronavirus pandemic. A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to deploy an army of volunteers for contact tracing, which would require some 300,000 people to map exposure to the virus. They say an expanded fleet of young AmeriCorps members also could deliver food and supplies to people who are homebound or tutor elementary students to stem learning loss...
“The goal here is in the face of a genuine national crisis, both economic and public health, to call on a generation of younger Americans to step forward and serve,” said Sen. Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.), who last month introduced the Pandemic Response and Opportunity Through National Service Act...
Building up a corps of hundreds of thousands of volunteers won’t be cheap. By some estimates, it could cost the federal government about $7 billion a year...
Having a corps of volunteers fanning out in expensive cities will require a bump in the living allowance, which is as low as $15,000 a year. The paltry stipend means some volunteers rely on food stamps or lean on family for housing. Although demand for positions routinely exceeds supply, AmeriCorps proponents worry the low pay is a barrier for people who could benefit from the program.
“AmeriCorps members do really important work in communities across the country, but unless AmeriCorps provides better pay, benefits and protections, many people from low-income communities and people of color will not be able to participate,” said Victoria Jackson, a higher education policy analyst at the nonprofit Education Trust and an AmeriCorps graduate.
Coons’s legislation, which has growing support from Republican and Democratic lawmakers, would increase stipends to about $22,230. It also would raise the value of the education award to $20,880, which is twice the national average of in-state tuition and fees at public universities.
All told, the legislation would double the number of AmeriCorps volunteers in its first year, from 75,000 to 150,000, and expand the corps to 750,000 members over three years...
When he graduates in August, Pearson-Green hopes to get hired on at City Year. He said the organization’s work will be critical in the coming school year for students in need of academic interventions and emotional support in the wake of the pandemic. “Empathy,” he said, “is needed more than ever.”...
Years later, President Trump, who had praised national service on the campaign trail, proposed eliminating the program altogether.
“It’s a matter of prioritizing. And this is a real priority,” said Eric Tanenblatt, who served on the board of the national service corporation during the George W. Bush administration. “There are moments if you look back in history when national service has really come to the fore, and this is another time when we really need it. It could address a number of challenges that we’re facing.”...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/05/21/americorps-contact-tracing/
roll them all up and call them Election Corps, or Pollworkers Corps.
FDR’s CCC actually built things. Biden’s climate corps will destroy things deemed detrimental to climate change.
Red Guard. Watch out for struggle sessions.
The goal - a world lit only by fire for the slaves and peasants. For the elites, comfort and luxury.
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