Commentary
To Californians dealing with record inflation and the highest gas prices in the country, Governor Gavin Newsom has an answer: The cause is climate change, and the solution is more government spending.
“California communities experience the devastating impacts of climate change every day,” he explained recently as he unveiled the “California Climate Commitment” plan. He bills it as the “Biggest Climate Investment in History.”
The first line of his recently unveiled plan states that “extreme weather is impacting our bills, our livelihoods, and our families; everything from energy costs to wildfires.” The plan coincides with President Joe Biden’s new spending plan to address climate change, which Democrats named with a straight face the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.” So, add inflation to the long list of the world’s problems that Democrats blame on climate change. Experiencing a heatwave? It is climate change. Blizzard? Climate change. Wildfire? Climate change. Illegal immigration? Climate change. Income inequality? Climate change. Homelessness? Climate change. Terrorism? Climate change!…