The Green New Deal Has Value-and Needs Manufacturing to Work

What is the Green New Deal? Republicans call it an economic sledgehammer to America’s middle class. Democrats say it is the only plan to address climate change on the scale of the crisis. Both Democrats and Republicans see it as a defining issue for the 2020 election. But few realize that a growing manufacturing sector is necessary for its implementation.
In a nutshell, the Green New Deal GND is a proposal to address the issues of climate change and wealth inequality through a stimulus package akin to the 1930s New Deal, which was designed to end the Great Depression. Embraced strongly by the left wing of the Democratic Party, the GND aims to mobilize political support by linking two social issues under an ambitious plan of government intervention.