Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
This is pure fantasy right up there with the Green New Deal. Gas is actually fairly cheap considering that a pipe with heating gas is sent directly to you home. $12 a month, or roughly $130 a year, to upgrade lines is not bankrupting communities. This is ridiculous hyperbole. The reason gas bills get expensive is because Chicago’s old housing stock is poorly insulated. Everyone knows this. Most lower income residents are on the payment plan that flattens out the monthly bills so its the same every month instead of spikes in the winter and tiny bills in the summer.… Read more »