Obama is on tape as having said this was his plan years before he ran for POTUS. Since he has been elected twice apparently the American people actually want this.
We’ll see how they feel when they see their electric bill in a couple of years.
“We’ll see how they feel when they see their electric bill in a couple of years.”
I used to feel that at least I could enjoy listening to liberals whine when Obama’s policies cost them.
I now know that Americans in general, and liberals in particular, are so stupid, that they require the Obama media to tell them what they should think. Therefore, if the Obama media puts forth any cover at all for the high energy costs, something like: it’s Republican’s fault because of the energy costs for printing all the cash that Republicans hoard, that will cause the stupid public to be content with Obama.
How much buzz do you hear about the price of gasoline? Almost none. Why? The Obama media hasn’t told the stupid American public it’s a problem.
As long as the new regs only apply to NEW construction, there's likely NOT going to be much impact on electric bills.... Natural Gas remains very cheap... and, Nat Gas power plants are MUCH less costly to build relative to coal.
No huge runup in power costs will occur until... Nat gas gets expensive again. Which, it will.. but, it'll be awhile.
Why would they care about their electric bills (or any other expense)? The tax payers pay for all their stuff. It's no sweat off their backs.
I recently saw the movie "Lincoln" and found it disturbing.
First: Ending slavery was good. The movie is about the Senate approval of the 13th Amendment, and I won't argue that slavery was a good thing.
In the movie, Lincoln admits that he is probably using illegal powers. He uses bribery, and tries to maintain plausible deniability on this tactic. He declares himself to be "President of the United States -- clothed in immense power!" and he insists on getting his way.
He also makes the point that he passed the Emancipation Proclamation (which affected only the Confederacy) and gave the voters a year and a half to think about it. And then they re-elected him. Therefore -- he can do anything he wants. He won.
I saw echoes of Obama all over this movie. And I am absolutely sure that Obama saw echoes of Obama all over this movie.
Obama is trying to do what Lincoln did. Obama is governing as a war-time president, ruling a divided country going through a Civil War. Obama seeks to bend us all to his will -- he is "President of the United States -- clothed in immense power!" and he insists on getting his way.
>>We’ll see how they feel when they see their electric bill in a couple of years.<<
Not very likely, as the majority of his supporters are the low-information, low-income, EBT/Welfare/Obamaphone type, they get all sorts of gimme’s when it comes to paying the electric bill.
Many of the Section-8 housing areas include electric in the controlled rent. I have a family member in such a place - doesn’t matter how much electricity the deadbeats use, they never “pay” a dime more than the standard all-inclusive amount. All courtesy of the US Taxpayer.
So to the losers, it doesn’t matter a bit, since there’s no consequenses in life for them. But for us, the working fools having to shell out 150% more every month for electricity...a spear in the side from both directions.