Reply #16: Many people who have studied the issue think "cap and trade" actually works better

[HamdenRice]

It is not a matter of honesty or dishonesty. It's a matter of what people think actually works.

The problem with Kucinich's position is that cap and trade have worked very, very well for other forms of pollution -- iirc, in fact, much more quickly and efficiently than even those who first proposed it thought it would. If I were voting on it, the fact that this mechanism has worked in the past would be a big factor in my decision.

I believe there are very serious potential problems applying cap and trade to carbon emission and to applying it internationally.

But it is absolutely wrong to assume that every congress person who prefers cap and trade to carbon tax is dishonest compared to Kucinich being honest. Support for one or the other method is a topic over which reasonable people can disagree reasonably.