JUST WHAT WE NEED – OVERNIGHT:  A new, brilliant idea has surfaced.  A new force.  Army?  Navy?  Air Force?  Marines?  Coast Guard?  Oh please.  They're so yesterday.  Read on to see the future.  I know you'll be excited.  Stop laughing.  From Fox: 

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive lawmakers are calling for the creation of a 1.5 million-strong group of civilians to work on federally funded projects addressing climate change as part of their sweeping Green New Deal legislation.

Members of the Civilian Climate Corps would receive on-the-job training and work with community groups on initiatives to "reduce carbon emissions, enable a transition to renewable energy, build healthier and more resilient communities, implement conservation projects with proven climate benefits, and help communities recover from climate disasters."

The Civilian Climate Corps would fall under the purview of the Corporation for National and Community Service, an independent government agency that also runs AmeriCorps and other national service initiatives. The group would seek to employ 1.5 million Americans over five years, calling for coordination between the federal government and local organizations, including unions, according to a copy of the proposal.

The plan draws inspiration from the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, a public relief program established during the Great Depression that gave unemployed young men jobs relating to the conservation and development of government-owned rural lands.

"What we’re going to do is make sure communities like Flint, Baltimore, the South Bronx, St. Louis, rural communities whose infrastructure was never properly built in the first place, are first in line to rectify the injustices of the past and make sure they get everything they need to thrive in the future," Ocasio-Cortez told reporters when introducing the legislation alongside Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass.

COMMENT:  How long do you think it would take for the "Corps" to have its responsibilities expanded to enforce compliance with socialist policies?  How long do you think it would take for "progressives" to demand that financing for the "Corps" come from deep cuts in the defense budget? 

I can see them marching in their smart uniforms, carrying their thermometers, singing their songs of allegiance to Barack Obama and AOC.  I can see them waving their 53-star flags, having brought in the new states of District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Beverly Hills.

Is this a nightmare?  Wake me.

May 9, 2021