Congressional Democrats have agreed to include in their $3.5 trillion budget plan a provision that imposes a tax on imports with countries that lack aggressive policies to address climate change.
The European Union has plans to implement a similar tax system, designed to bolster and protect domestic manufacturers and apply pressure on other countries to reduce their carbon emissions.
Sen. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat who has become the leading progressive voice on climate change in the upper chamber, said, “The United States and the E.U. have to think in terms of the leadership that we can provide and the message that we have to send to China and other countries that would take advantage of the high standards that we are going to enact.”
This, after California dumps 17 million gallons of raw sewage into the ocean….
When Trump imposed tariffs on China, the Dems bitched. What made them suddenly want to do the same thing? Oh, I get it. It’s a TAX that WE have to pay, not a TARIFF that China has to pay.
How dumb can you be?
So that’s why we buy oil from Iran and Russia now. Makes perfect sense.