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Critics Blast Granholm's Energy Advice for Poor Americans
townhall.com ^ | 8/22/2022 0700 hrs edt | Leah Barkoukis

Posted on 08/22/2022 10:23:04 AM PDT by rktman

Americans suffering under the crushing weight of historic inflation should be happy to know they can reduce their energy costs by weatherizing their homes, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on "Fox News Sunday."

"If you are low income, you can get your home entirely weatherized through the expansion from the bipartisan infrastructure laws, a significant expansion — you don't have to pay for anything," Granholm said.

"If you want heat pumps, insulation, new windows, that is covered," she continued. "If you are moderate income, today you can get 30% off the price of solar panels. Those solar panels can be financed, so you don't have to have the big outlay at the front … it's a significant incentive."

Even Americans who don’t qualify can see some perks next year, she added.

"If you don't qualify for the weatherization program, you will be able to, starting next year, get rebates on the appliances and equipment that will help you reduce your monthly energy bill by up to 30%," she added. "That is all about reducing costs for people."

Critics on social media ripped the Energy Secretary for being so out-of-touch.

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ecoassclowns; energyrebates; granholm; rebates
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jenny jenny who can I turn to?
1 posted on 08/22/2022 10:23:04 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

love that song...Eight Six Seven Five Three Oh NIYIYINE!


2 posted on 08/22/2022 10:29:19 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: rktman

Biden must have an IQ ceiling for secretaries, like 65.


3 posted on 08/22/2022 10:29:41 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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today you can get 30% off the price of solar panels

Have solar panel prices jumped 30% just like electric car prices jumped by enough to swallow the whole subsidy?

4 posted on 08/22/2022 10:30:54 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference of the Devil...-Churchill)
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To: rktman

this is what an out of touch evil LEFTY elitist does

you are going to want these pennies on the dollars energy savings cuz

your electric bill is going to go thru the roof from our green energy policies

they see themselves as saviors


5 posted on 08/22/2022 10:32:29 AM PDT by joshua c (where did my tagline go? if you see it please call someone else. i was tired of it.)
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To: rktman

US natural gas prices are exploding upward today. Many Americans will be cold this winter. Yes, it is Biden’s fault for putting Ukraine above Americans.


6 posted on 08/22/2022 10:34:35 AM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: rktman

That’s what happens when you put equivocal, unreasonable, unaccountable females in charge who don’t really care about their actual job, but are there mainly to compete with men.

Madness.


7 posted on 08/22/2022 10:35:06 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Magnum44

😎✌🎤


8 posted on 08/22/2022 10:36:30 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: rktman

I’d prefer we increased domestic energy production by 30%


9 posted on 08/22/2022 10:36:53 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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"If you are low income, you can get your home entirely weatherized through the expansion from the bipartisan infrastructure laws..."

I thought Harris had to break the tie on the Democrat climate bill because no Republicans in the Senate voted for it. No Republicans in the House voted for it, either.

Granholm is trying to confuse voters by lumping everything into "bipartisan infrastructure laws" even though this was passed on party lines.

-PJ

10 posted on 08/22/2022 10:38:12 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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It’s like they are begging for a French style revolution — so they can crush it.


11 posted on 08/22/2022 10:39:46 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: rktman

Breakeven analysis is way over the head of government bureaucrats—and of course folks who are cash poor cannot do any kind of capital investment.

It is like telling people that government is giving 30% discounts on custom Jaguars—so now they are affordable!


12 posted on 08/22/2022 10:40:10 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: rktman

I just wish my wood splitter ran on unicorn farts.


13 posted on 08/22/2022 10:46:17 AM PDT by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: KarlInOhio

I don’t think the dollar price of solar/wind is the whole story. People who can read probably wouldn’t vote for Granholm anyway(if they could). If she (Granholm) could read then somebody needs to point her toward some excellent articles on “green energy” which point out the ultimate inability of it to ever supply the nation’s energy needs. If I can read & understand this business, then why can’t a supposedly highly educated person, such as I assume Ms. Granholm is, read it & understand it? I don’t understand why people are being pushed into supporting this energy, when it has been effectively pointed out that it is NOT the answer & nothing more than an expensive dead end experiment in futility.


14 posted on 08/22/2022 10:48:35 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: Jim W N

“girl power” run amok!


15 posted on 08/22/2022 10:50:35 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

>>Granholm is trying to confuse voters by lumping everything into “bipartisan infrastructure laws” even though this was passed on party lines.

It had the support of both parties.. Socialists AND Communists..


16 posted on 08/22/2022 10:53:21 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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Translation:

We need you, the public, to take out more debt - so that we can keep the economy from cratering.

Anybody remember "Cash for Clunkers"?

17 posted on 08/22/2022 10:53:40 AM PDT by politicket
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To: rktman

Like the $7500 tax credit on new EVs which the car companies suck right into their new price 🤣


18 posted on 08/22/2022 10:53:50 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: rktman

This woman is so far out of touch the James Webb telescope couldn’t see her.


19 posted on 08/22/2022 10:55:53 AM PDT by Rodm
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“”If you want heat pumps, insulation, new windows, that is covered,” she continued.”

If you’re poor and are somehow able to find a contractor with time to install a heat pump for you...guess what, that heat pump will double as an air conditioners, adding further to summertime loads. Good luck there!


20 posted on 08/22/2022 10:56:07 AM PDT by BobL (The Globalists/Neocons desperately want Ukraine to win...makes it easy for me to choose a side)
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