Little-Acorn
Gold Member
Every now and then a liberal lets slip a whisper of truth, in an unguarded moment.
Here we have one. Gov. Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown admitted his plan to use the coercive power of government to force people to do what they ordinarily would never do.
It was nice of him to include the caveat that such an oppressive, dictatorial government should b careful not to use such force on "stupid" things. But the supreme irony of his admission, was that he made it at a conference where a bunch of world leaders agreed to transfer money to each other for the purpose of changing Earth's climate - the ultimate "stupid" goal.
This is after forty years of research and rhetoric were unable to produce the slightest proof that Man ever had anything to do with our changing climate, nor any proof that man could do anything to change it back.
But apparently Jerry Brown sees nothing wrong with expending $billions of Other People's Money to force us to do something we physically cannot do.
You can't make this stuff up, folks.
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Jerry Brown Touts 'Coercive Power of the State' on Climate Change
Jerry Brown Touts 'Coercive Power of the State' on Climate Change
Tells an audience in Paris to never underestimate that power being used "in the service of good."
Rob Nikolewski | December 13, 2015
Taking part in an onstage presentation with billionaire and climate activist Tom Steyer, Brown said government regulations force companies to adopt clean technologies.
After Steyer mentioned business frameworks, Brown said, "Tom, you used the phrase 'policy.' Good policy. But I want to unpack that term a little bit. Inside the policy, you need a law. You need a rule. You need the coercive power of government to say, 'Do this.' Now, you have to be wise and don't say something stupid or order something stupid but the fact is, the regulations supported by the laws drive innovation."
The Sacramento Bee reported that Brown later urged a small crowd to "never underestimate the coercive power of the central state in the service of good."
"You can be sure California is going to keep innovating, keep regulating," the 77-year-old Democrat said. "And, shall I say, keep taxing."
"Gov. Brown's statement is a frank admission that politicians and government in the U.S. are out of control," said Dan Kish, senior vice president at the Institute for Energy Research, a public policy organization that calls for free market solutions on energy policy.
"The governor bragged about the 'coercive powers of government' and how his state would keep regulating and taxing. The United States was formed to put citizens in charge of their lives by putting a fence around government power and control," Kish said in an email to Watchdog.org.
"Gov. Brown has shown he thinks people should be inside the fence, with government, and their crony business partners, using its coercive and taxing powers to make them do what the politicians say, and it's illustrative he is doing it at the Climate Summit in Paris. This is how freedom is lost and tyranny and coercion prevail."
Brown led a California delegation in Paris that includes Steyer, Senate President Pro Tem Kevin De León, D-Los Angeles, and other state legislators.
Here we have one. Gov. Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown admitted his plan to use the coercive power of government to force people to do what they ordinarily would never do.
It was nice of him to include the caveat that such an oppressive, dictatorial government should b careful not to use such force on "stupid" things. But the supreme irony of his admission, was that he made it at a conference where a bunch of world leaders agreed to transfer money to each other for the purpose of changing Earth's climate - the ultimate "stupid" goal.
This is after forty years of research and rhetoric were unable to produce the slightest proof that Man ever had anything to do with our changing climate, nor any proof that man could do anything to change it back.
But apparently Jerry Brown sees nothing wrong with expending $billions of Other People's Money to force us to do something we physically cannot do.
You can't make this stuff up, folks.
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Jerry Brown Touts 'Coercive Power of the State' on Climate Change
Jerry Brown Touts 'Coercive Power of the State' on Climate Change
Tells an audience in Paris to never underestimate that power being used "in the service of good."
Rob Nikolewski | December 13, 2015
Taking part in an onstage presentation with billionaire and climate activist Tom Steyer, Brown said government regulations force companies to adopt clean technologies.
After Steyer mentioned business frameworks, Brown said, "Tom, you used the phrase 'policy.' Good policy. But I want to unpack that term a little bit. Inside the policy, you need a law. You need a rule. You need the coercive power of government to say, 'Do this.' Now, you have to be wise and don't say something stupid or order something stupid but the fact is, the regulations supported by the laws drive innovation."
The Sacramento Bee reported that Brown later urged a small crowd to "never underestimate the coercive power of the central state in the service of good."
"You can be sure California is going to keep innovating, keep regulating," the 77-year-old Democrat said. "And, shall I say, keep taxing."
"Gov. Brown's statement is a frank admission that politicians and government in the U.S. are out of control," said Dan Kish, senior vice president at the Institute for Energy Research, a public policy organization that calls for free market solutions on energy policy.
"The governor bragged about the 'coercive powers of government' and how his state would keep regulating and taxing. The United States was formed to put citizens in charge of their lives by putting a fence around government power and control," Kish said in an email to Watchdog.org.
"Gov. Brown has shown he thinks people should be inside the fence, with government, and their crony business partners, using its coercive and taxing powers to make them do what the politicians say, and it's illustrative he is doing it at the Climate Summit in Paris. This is how freedom is lost and tyranny and coercion prevail."
Brown led a California delegation in Paris that includes Steyer, Senate President Pro Tem Kevin De León, D-Los Angeles, and other state legislators.
