The goal is to fill and expand the federal government with idealogues determined to make modern life impossible.
E&E News (9/29/22) reports: "Federal agencies are posting 'helped wanted' signs as the Biden administration tries to quickly hire thousands of people to implement the new climate law. The Department of Energy will need hundreds of new employees, many in its loan office. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, meanwhile, says the IRS plans to hire 5,000 people. And EPA has to staff up the new national green bank...Multiple challenges loom. Huge gaps already exist at some federal agencies, many of which were depleted during the Trump administration, and one critical agency didn’t get any new funding for staff at all: the Department of Justice. 'People tend to forget about the Justice Department,' said Jeff Hauser, executive director of the Revolving Door Project and a former DOJ official. 'But they have a huge role to play to make sure the IRA is successful.' The IRS does have some enforcement authority over new renewable energy incentives. Fraud issues, however, would be handled by federal prosecutors...'DOE is scaling up to meet this moment and implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, standing up dozens of new programs and hiring hundreds of new staff members — from attorneys to project managers,' a spokesperson said in an email...EPA got more than $40 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act, including to implement the methane fee and stand up a national green bank. 'EPA has never administered anything at this scale,' Michael Gergen, a Latham & Watkins LLP attorney, said on a recent Institute for Policy Integrity panel...The agency also just announced a 200-person environmental justice and external civil rights office, which will be responsible for dispersing $3 billion in block grants...At the Agriculture Department, officials are preparing to hire people to research and distribute more than $9.7 billion for rural electrification, a task that will likely require more energy experts, RMI said. And there’s an additional $20 billion for regenerative agriculture and investments for conservation."
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"California politicians have ripped you off. By lying about why prices are high. Why is California at $6.50 while Texas is at $3? Because California politics. Why else did you waive RVP requirements? Hint: because smart people told you they cause higher."
– Patrick De Haan,
Gas Buddy
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