Overall the main take-away I got out of this overly emotional, lacking substance, capricious and pedantic plan he highlights is this…environmentalism (greening things) is secondary to the real goal, which is social justice. In a vacuum the two issues are big enough that logically they should be tackled individually or at least have a corresponding social justice czar. Disclaimer – using this as example only I believe these czars are wholly unconstitutional and the first indication of real tyranny in the US.
1. Monies allocated by the state (federal or state-level) should be minimized to begin with, although Jones gave no quantifiable reference point, consider the source and assume the numbers are extreme, also no mention of this...

3. Lots of people in jail, selling drugs…van jones go hang out with Bill Cosby or read his book “Come on People.” That’s your cure and the only cure. You got social problems, that starts at home, fix your culture i.e. stop promoting the drug gang-banging and over sexualized stuff. Celebrate real role models of people that made it on there own, real men that take responsibility for their actions i.e. provide for their kids not abandon them. Real women that take on the role of dual parent and sacrifice everything for them. Stop looking to the false idols, athletes, celebrities.

Lastly, since this is really only about social justice anyway. Largely the issues with some minority groups today are no different than experiences of...