With fawning support from leftist candidates for president, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) submitted a fantasy for America, the Green New Deal (GND). The GND bans fossil fuel, natural gas and nuclear power, the elimination of your gas-powered car, the end of air travel, forced retrofitting of your house, free education for life, and a guaranteed income even to those unwilling to work. The GND uses the word massive 13 times. How is it paid for? “The same way we did the New Deal, the 2008 bank bailouts and extend quantitative easing,” says AOC, who earned a college degree in economics at an institution in the running for Snowflake University of the Year.

In response to another question, AOC said, “Yes, we are calling for a full transition of fossil fuels and zero greenhouse gases… [but] we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast…” As if gun control wasn’t enough, Democrat Socialists now want fart control.

Don’t think AOC’s socialistic “deal” can’t pass. Think again. Her side got unnatural marriage legalized. They’re starting to get “birthday abortions” passed. Denying biological facts, they grant legal protection for grown males to walk into women’s bathrooms. Those things laughable years ago now result in you being labeled a bigot, homophobe, and intolerant for challenging her side’s agenda.

An odd communist would drool over AOC’s plan for controlling the economy and subjecting people to government control. Another odd communist would love to have a job overseeing farms to stop cow farting. Another odd communist would love to skim people’s paychecks and give it to those to those unwilling to work to guarantee income equality for all. Don’t question it or you’ll be judged guilty of “white privilege.”

Another odd communist would love to ban you from traveling by air while he/she has the privilege of flying on government business. Another odd communist would love to order you tear down your house or business to make it suitable for the environment, not you. Who needs an odd communist when it’s all there in the green deal of AOC? This deal will allow her to pursue her dream of a socialist utopia with your money at her disposal to spend. Any odd communist would, indeed, love to be AOC.

A red, white and blue plan of stopping socialism and choosing freedom isn’t a scheme like the GND. “Mice die in mousetraps because they do not understand why cheese is free. The same things happens with socialism.”

The Rev. Mel McGinnis is a Frewsburg resident.