I read quite a bit of that bill prior to its passage. There is a section called the "Best in Class Appliance Protocol" in which appliances will be rated for energy efficiency every year. Consumers will be given money on their old, inefficient appliances IF they buy the top rated new appliances. Appliance retailers will be given bonuses based on how many of the top-rated appliances they sell.
I can only think that this is a big giveaway to GE, and that this "Best in Class" rating system will be completely based on WHO makes the appliances and how much they donate to the democrats.
In addition, repair of old appliances which are not energy efficient will be outlawed. So we are going to put appliance repairmen and some manufacturers out of work, penalize poor people who can't afford to buy new or who don't have good credit, and no doubt subsidize GE.
No matter how stupid and thuggish I think the democrats are, they always manage to confound me.
Juan Williams talks too much...and he is dumb.
Bill Kristol points out the absurdity of the clunkers thing.
Good job, Bill.
Might as well just call it Cash for GE and make it a little more clear.