One of the Big Lies being told by the Obama administration is that its environmental policies, which force up business costs and costs to individual households, actually are part of a “stimulus” package. This would be the first time in history, if Obama were telling the truth, that higher costs brought economic expansion.

The latest nonsense from from the environmental agency of the UN, which is calling for a “Green New Deal” that would “stimulate” the world economy through a new tax. That’s right, we now have people claiming that raising taxes is economic stimulus:

OSLO (Reuters) – Investments of $750 billion could create a “Green New Deal” to revive the world economy and protect the environment, perhaps aided by a tax on oil, the head of the U.N. environment agency said on Thursday.

Achim Steiner said spending should focus on five environmental sectors including improved energy efficiency for buildings and solar or wind power to create jobs, curb poverty and fight climate change.

“The opportunity must not be lost,” Steiner, head of the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP), told Reuters of a UNEP study that will be put to world leaders meeting in London on April 2 to work out how to spur the ailing economy.

The UNEP report said investments of one percent of global gross domestic product, or about $750 billion, could bankroll a “Global Green New Deal” inspired by the “New Deal” of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt that helped end the depression of the 1930s.

If that were not bad enough, we have James Hansen from NASA, Mr. Global Warming himself (and the darling of Congress and the Obama administration) complaining that democracy is not efficient enough to close down all coal and oil-fired power plants in order to save us from the Great Bogeyman of Global Warming.

Obviously, Hansen and his followers are going to demand not only violence against the energy companies, but also new forms of dictatorship so that their draconian and murderous plans can be put into place. Maybe Hansen really will demand that the name of our country be changed to Amerika.