GOP sellouts fight to keep Biden’s Green New Deal cash flowing



The American people overwhelmingly rejected Joe Biden’s presidency. His signature legislative agenda, the Green New Deal, subsidizes inefficient energy sources while driving up costs for affordable, reliable alternatives. This policy enriches a select few at the expense of taxpayers, who essentially fund their own economic suicide. Unfortunately, a group of lukewarm Republicans — whose donors profit from these terrible subsidies — are working to keep them in place.

The Green New Deal should be the first target for repeal through budget reconciliation. Since Republicans hesitate to cut individual welfare programs, eliminating corporate welfare for the most expensive energy scheme in U.S. history is the obvious alternative — especially since it passed through reconciliation in the first place.

Trump should make it clear to Republicans: Undoing Biden’s presidency requires fully dismantling his signature legislative achievement. The green grift must end.

Yet a group of 21 House Republicans, likely backed by others unwilling to go on record, now oppose rolling back these subsidies. Because of course they do.

Without directly mentioning Biden, the legislation, or the fact that these credits amount to corporate welfare rather than “tax incentives,” these Republicans urged Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) to take a “targeted and pragmatic” approach to tax code changes.

“Countless American companies are utilizing sector-wide energy tax credits — many of which have enjoyed broad congressional support — to invest in domestic energy production and infrastructure for both traditional and renewable sources,” wrote the 21 House members, led by Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.), in a March 9 letter. “Both our constituencies and the energy industry remain concerned about disruptive changes to the nation’s energy tax structure. Many of these credits were enacted over a ten-year period, allowing energy developers to plan with these incentives in mind.”

In simpler terms, they want to preserve massive subsidies for solar, wind, electric vehicles, and “carbon capture,” which could cost up to $1.2 trillion. Knowing these terms carry negative connotations for Trump voters and the president himself, they instead framed their request as support for “energy production,” as if referring to oil, gas, and coal.

“To meet President Trump’s campaign promises of reviving manufacturing and strengthening domestic energy production, we need an all-of-the-above approach,” Garbarino said in an interview. “These credits have helped make that happen.”

An unbalanced strategy

Unlike natural energy sources, which do not rely on government subsidies to serve consumers, solar and wind power cannot survive without them — an admission the industry itself has made. These industries require constant government support while policymakers simultaneously impose burdens on fossil fuels, forcing businesses to adopt unreliable alternatives.

Wind power, in particular, depends on a factor entirely beyond human control — the wind itself. Texas poured billions into subsidizing wind energy and made its grid increasingly reliant on it, only for it to fail when it was needed most during the Great Texas Freeze of 2021. This year, Texas grid operators had to postpone maintenance on power plants to generate more coal and natural gas after wind production dropped by 18% due to low wind conditions in February.

In short, the so-called “all-of-the-above” energy approach is not a balanced strategy. Fossil fuels repeatedly bail out wind and solar when they fall short — but never the other way around.

Far from free money

The push for unreliable energy schemes has become so indefensible that the industry is now shifting its messaging. Instead of emphasizing climate change, it now frames itself as a driver of job creation. In December, Reuters reported that the solar industry had rebranded its pitch to the Trump administration, promoting itself as a “domestic jobs engine that can help meet soaring power demand” while avoiding any mention of climate change.

This strategy aims to lure more Republicans into supporting green energy subsidies. Given the geographic distribution of these projects, about 80% of the subsidies tied to the Green New Deal scam have gone to Republican congressional districts.

But these subsidies are far from free money. Funding them requires taking on more debt, driving inflation, while backing energy schemes that are impractical, environmentally questionable, and a poor use of land.

Climate fascism continues to be a loser for Democrats. In a recent poll, 84% of respondents said the cost of living and inflation mattered more than addressing climate change. This is a winning issue for Republicans — but only if Trump takes a hard stance against RINOs who enable these subsidies.

Courts have already blocked his efforts to terminate them through executive action, meaning only Congress can fully repeal them. Trump should make it clear to Republicans: Undoing Biden’s presidency requires fully dismantling his signature legislative achievement. The green grift must end.

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Kamala Harris tweets great news about the economy — gets immediately DESTROYED: 'You did that'



Skyrocketing gas prices, soaring food prices, labor and housing shortages, out-of-control inflation, and panicked parents who can't find baby formula — but Vice President Kamala Harris thinks she can convince Americans that everything is just great with a single tweet.

Harris actually had the gall to brag about the stellar job creation that has occurred under the Biden administration.

"Since January of last year, the economy has added more than 8 million jobs. Businesses have reopened their doors. Schools are back in person. And, while there is more work to be done, we have made real progress in getting our economy back on track," she tweeted.

\u201cSince January of last year, the economy has added more than 8 million jobs. Businesses have reopened their doors. Schools are back in person. And, while there is more work to be done, we have made real progress in getting our economy back on track.\u201d
— Kamala Harris (@Kamala Harris) 1654024801

Apparently, the veep thinks we're all too stupid to figure out that these are just the jobs that were lost during the pandemic returning as businesses and schools reopened.

Even CNBC called BS on the Biden administration's shameless whoppers about the economy.

"The economy — and this is an important point — hasn't added one single job from the 2019 high watermark. Not one. All the jobs that we have seen gained are recovered jobs that were lost. We are not yet producing new jobs. In fact, we're still about nearly four million jobs short," said ADP chief economist Nela Richardson on "Squawk Box."

\u201c@KamalaHarris False.\u201d
— Kamala Harris (@Kamala Harris) 1654024801
\u201c@KamalaHarris People are hurting out here, ma'am. Y'all are out of touch with the day to day reality of 80% of the U.S. population. \n\nLower and middle class families need serious relief, *now* - not self-congratulatory posts about "job growth." \ud83d\ude44 How about *wage* growth? Affordable education?\u201d
— Kamala Harris (@Kamala Harris) 1654024801
\u201c@KamalaHarris \u27a1\ufe0f +8.3% general inflation (much greater for energy and food)\n\u27a1\ufe0f -1.4% economic growth\n\u27a1\ufe0f 20%+ loss in the stock market\n\u27a1\ufe0f slowing job growth\n\u27a1\ufe0f slowing wage growth\n\u27a1\ufe0f slowing labor demand\n\nY'all have a strange definition of "getting our economy back on track."\u201d
— Kamala Harris (@Kamala Harris) 1654024801
\u201c@KamalaHarris Please, please, please believe what we\u2019re telling you. Please close your eyes to reality. Don\u2019t look at how much it costs you to fill up your tank. Tighten your belt. You don\u2019t need to have that much food anyway. If you can\u2019t pay your rent or your mortgage by a tent.\u201d
— Kamala Harris (@Kamala Harris) 1654024801
\u201c@Kenneth61116277 @KamalaHarris Those were the days.\u201d
— Kamala Harris (@Kamala Harris) 1654024801
\u201c@KamalaHarris 10 million lost plus 8 million added equals negative 2 million. \u201cYou did that.\u201d\u201d
— Kamala Harris (@Kamala Harris) 1654024801

On “The Rubin Report,” BlazeTV host Dave Rubin discussed Harris’ clueless comments about the stellar job creation that has occurred under the Biden administration. Watch the video clip below or find full episodes of "The Rubin Report" here.


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Economics expert bursts Joe Biden's bubble over job creation claims: 'Hasn’t added one single job'



An economics expert has burst President Joe Biden's narrative that he is responsible for creating record job growth.

What has Biden claimed?

Throughout his presidency, Biden has repeatedly claimed that his administration has created more jobs than any previous administration.

Just last week, Biden said he is responsible for creating 6.4 million jobs in 2021, attributing the alleged success to the American Rescue Plan, the Biden COVID-stimulus package that some economists claim has worsened inflation.

"We added 6.4 million jobs last year. That’s the most jobs in any calendar year by any president in history," Biden said. "How? The American Rescue Plan got the economy off its back and humming again — and 200 million vaccinations got Americans out of their homes and back to work."

We added 6.4 million jobs last year.\n\nThat\u2019s the most jobs in any calendar year by any president in history.\n\nHow? The American Rescue Plan got the economy off its back and humming again \u2014 and 200 million vaccinations got Americans out of their homes and back to work.
— President Biden (@President Biden) 1641577500

But what is the truth?

While it is true the economy added 6.4 million jobs last year, the Biden administration is deceitfully framing their alleged accomplishment by obscuring the fact that the vast majority of those jobs are not new. Rather, the majority of those jobs were Americans returning to the workforce after the worst of the COVID-related lockdowns ended.

ADP chief economist Nela Richardson made that exact point during a CNBC interview on Wednesday.

In fact, Richardson explained that Biden is not responsible for adding "one single job" from the "high-water mark" under then-President Donald Trump in 2019 before the COVID pandemic.

"The economy — and this is an important point — hasn’t added one single job from the 2019 high-water mark. Not one," Richardson declared.

"All the jobs that we have seen gained are recovered jobs that were lost. We’re not yet producing new jobs," Richardson explained. "In fact, we’re still about nearly 4 million jobs short. So, these wage gains are coming on top of a shrinking workforce, and it’s not being fueled by productivity enhancements."

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirm Richardson's point. According to the latest report, the economy remains 3.6 million jobs short of pre-pandemic levels in February 2020, which means the economy remains at a net-loss on jobs.

FACT: Joe Biden hasn't added a single job from 2019 highs.\n\nAll jobs added so far are simply recovered jobs, previously lost during lockdowns. At a time when our economy should be booming, Biden's war on small business is restraining our economic growth.pic.twitter.com/w3JXgSVcNl
— Job Creators Network (@Job Creators Network) 1642006208

Regarding wage gains, Richardson explained those, too, are not true gains, but are being driven by labor shortages. And even those gains are being destroyed by high inflation.

"I think that wages are going to be a false metric," Richardson said. "It's not driving inflation, and wages are trying to keep up with an economy that is now feeling the effects of all kinds of different shortages from different angles."