{"id":113399,"date":"2021-05-10T14:04:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T18:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=113399"},"modified":"2021-05-10T13:10:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:10:12","slug":"civilian-climate-corps-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=113399","title":{"rendered":"Civilian Climate Corps Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ben Garrison. (GRRRGRAPHICS.COM)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Looking for a $15.00 an hour job with full health care coverage, educational grants of $25,000 for each year of service up to $50,000? If Alexandria Cortez and others in Congress get their way, and Joe Biden signs something like this into law, you could be in luck.<\/p>\n

From the Washington Examiner:<\/span><\/p>\n

Alongside liberal Sen. Ed Markey, the congresswoman is proposing that the federal government hire 1.5 million people 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.” It would spend $10 billion in taxpayer money on these jobs, which would last up to 5 years, pay $15 an hour, and come with healthcare benefits. So, too, the initiative would reserve large portions of the funding for “environmental justice.”<\/p>\n

And it’s not just a pipe dream. President Joe Biden explicitly included this idea in his multitrillion-dollar “infrastructure” proposal. The craziness has White House support. This makes its implementation much more feasible than if it was just wish-casting from a few liberal legislators. That should alarm taxpayers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the proposal:<\/span><\/p>\n

To attract the broad and diverse group of corpsmembers necessary to accomplish the crucial work of the CCC and Partner Corps, all corpsmembers are guaranteed the following benefits:<\/p>\n

– Salary and benefits: Compensation of at least $15 per hour, full health care coverage, and critical support services such as transportation, housing, and childcare.<\/p>\n

– Educational Funding: Enabling educational grants of $25,000 per year of service, up to $50,000, eligible for further education at any level or to pay down student debt.<\/p>\n

– Career Opportunities: All corpsmembers will be provided with a job and career pathway during their service and corps will prioritize registered pre-apprenticeship curricula and union membership as part of service. Corpsmembers will receive vocational training appropriate to the local job market. Guaranteed follow-up services will help track corpsmembers’ professional and career progress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You could read the whole proposal here<\/a>, and the Washington Examiner puts this in wider context<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking for a $15.00 an hour job with full health care coverage, educational grants of $25,000 for each year of service up to $50,000? If Alexandria Cortez and others in Congress get their way, and Joe Biden signs something like this into law, you could be in luck. From the Washington Examiner: Alongside liberal Sen. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-tv1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}