Posted on 09/14/2022 9:15:24 AM PDT by Red Badger
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked today during the daily press briefing about the Inflation Reduction Act.
The question came today as the latest consumer price index showed an increase of 0.1% for August and 8.3% over the past year.
The reporter asked, “Some of the savings that you are pointing to wouldn’t kick in until 2024 or 2026, so is it fair to suggest to people somehow that they are going to see some inflation reduction right now while they are hurting the most?”
Jean-Pierre responded, “That is actually not true. This is just for some folks who are watching, consumers, families, and small business owners can head to clean to cleanenergy.gov as it relates to clean energy cost… to learn how they can start saving money immediately.”
She then listed off examples of what Americans can “save” on right now from the government website.
“Households can receive a tax credit to cover 30% of the costs of installing rooftop solar.”
“Households can receive a tax credit to cover up to 10% of the cost of insulation materials and other energy efficient improvements, like energy-saving windows and doors.”
“They can also receive a $300 tax credit for purchasing efficient heating and cooling equipment, like a heat pump or central air conditioner.”
“Households can receive a $300 tax credit for purchasing a heat pump. The total of current and previous years credits, including those for energy efficiency improvements, high efficiency furnace and air conditioners cannot exceed $500.”
“Americans can receive a tax credit of up to $7,500 for purchasing a new electric vehicle.”
The ONLY reason to install a Solar system is to achieve a level of independence in the event the grid goes down.
She is probably the most pathetic idiot I have ever seen.
Typical democrat.
- Spend $6-to-10,000 to fix up your roof
- Spend $25,000 on a solar system
- Save $300-ish per month on an electric bill
- Wait for 6-ish months to cash in those tax credits
- Wait 20 years for the break-even point on the expenses (though admittedly with electricity price inflation, it could be sooner... my rates exploded by 1/3rd this Summer)
- Having the last laugh over inflation? Priceless... except you aren’t the one laughing.
They are all made in China.
I am surprised she didn’t advise people to go out and buy an electric car!.......................
I mean, nobody is buying this, right? I mean, other than leftist hacks?
The regime just continues to repeat itself no matter how outrageous.
In related news, Europeans are determining if they can burn their solar panels in their wood-burning stoves.
Let them eat cricket-cakes!
Put the stupidest black “woman” anyone has ever seen front and center so the World can at least have a good laugh
Stupid golliwog.
And the cost to get rid of those cells when they no longer work is as much as the original purchase price.
And their windmills......................
Spend thousands to ruin your roof with panels that your insurance won’t cover. Then At the beak even point they will have to be replaced. Repeat.
America’s approach to solar panels is exactly backwards.
they are promoted as grid-level, large-scale projects, where their drawbacks are multiplied. They should be promoted at the consumer/home level, where individuals can calculate and manage solar benefits themselves.
The Europeans should be an example to Americans of what happens when you look the other way while your country is taken over.
She did that, too... and made it sound like that $7500 tax credit would be “immediately” available.
Team Tin-ear: Buy solar panels.
Most people conflate price increases with inflation. Price increases are a result of inflation but not the cause. Inflation is created in one place only in this country - Washington DC.
The majority of systems installed today are designed to cut power when they determine the grid is down. That can be remedied. But it takes more equipment and money.
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