Well, first, the Chinese have pretty much closed their checkbooks to us because they can't afford to buy any more of our debt. And, second, Congress to Decapitate American Trade With Lies
I reiterate, this is different from what they typically do how . . . . ???
Congress, PARTICULARLY Dems, typically get bad legislation passed by giving it some patriotic sounding name to disguise what it is. The Dems never run for election based on who they are or what they'll do, they lie through their teeth to get their drooling, brain-dead sycophants to elect them. So, again, how is a Dem-controlled Congress lying about a bad bill to get it passed different from their normal behavior????
Usually Congress willingly goes along with quotas and import tariffs; these have obvious appeals to localities that deal with a specific commodity, and promote a general populist sentiment.
Cap and Trade doesn’t have a specific appeal to any place. Instead it’s going towards a disparate sect of Environmental extremists, and crooks who are knowingly pushing fraud.
Thus lies must be utilized by Congress to confuse the rest of the American people; whereas in the past Congress told a certain industry, usually in a specific geographic location, what they wanted to hear when restricting a part of commerce. Cap and Trade is much more far reaching.