domestic agenda, the affordable care act, obamacare, if you will. bringing health care to tens of millions of americans. the next item on their agenda was another historic piece of legislation. a desperately needed climate bill to address the growing threat posed by global warming. democrats had already coalesced around the bill that was written by two democratic house members, then congressman henry waxman, and ed markey. in washington and around the country, that bill became known as the cap and trade bill. after a central provision in the legislation to put a cap or a limit on carbon emissions and businesses chain themselves their emissions capacity to each other. it wasn t the most far-reaching proposal that democrats were pushing for at the time, but it wasn t a half measure either. had it passed, the cap in trade bill would have been the single biggest legislative attempt under dressing climate change in u.s. history. and democrats appeared to be on track to get it done
of the great recession by early 2010, they had passed a major part of the president s domestic agenda, the affordable care act, obamacare, if you will. bringing health care to tens of millions of americans. the next item on their agenda was another historic piece of legislation. a desperately needed climate bill to address the growing threat posed by global warming. democrats had already coalesced around the bill that was written by two democratic house members, then congressman henry waxman, and ed markey. in washington and around the country, that bill became known as the cap and trade bill. after a central provision in the legislation to put a cap or a limit on carbon emissions and businesses trade or sell their emissions excesses to each other. it wasn t the most far-reaching proposal that democrats were pushing for at the time, but it wasn t a half measure either. had it passed, the cap in trade bill would have been the single biggest legislative attempt under dressing c
cumulative. so all in, all that means about $49 million total. now, as much as it would be nice to book and this and say the ruling is definitely gonna teach mr. johnson s lesson and there is no way jones and his company could pay the 49 million bucks, it s more complicated than that. first of all, there is one thing we ve learned watching this trial. it is that alex jones lies a lot. so while his tv network infowars has essentially become a fund raising marathon, asking viewers to send them cryptocurrency or sign up for monthly payments or by their fluoride free toothpaste, we actually don t have a transparent picture of jones or his business finances other than taking their word for it. we have no way of knowing if that companies actually broke. the other complicated factor is that there is a texas law that caps punitive judgment. so it isn t exactly clear that big 49 million dollar judgment will actually be the amount taken out of jones s bank
yesterday s ruling was on compensatory damages, how much cash jones owns to the parents of a sandy hook victims for the psychological torment and harassment that the conspiracy theory, he pushed caused him. today s ruling was punitive. so how much drones owes the same parents as punishment for spreading that conspiracy. and jones tab here is cumulative. so all in, all that means about $49 million total. now, as much as it would be nice to book and this and say the ruling is definitely gonna teach mr. johnson s lesson and there is no way jones and his company could pay the 49 million bucks, it s more complicated than that. first of all, there is one thing we ve learned watching this trial. it is that alex jones lies a lot. so while his tv network infowars has essentially become a fund raising marathon, asking viewers to send them cryptocurrency or sign up for monthly payments or by their fluoride free toothpaste, we