Comments on: EPA: Americans Can Have Lower Utility Bills, More Jobs For ¢25 A Day

By: davecjr

davecjr — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:20:53 +0000

The $175 a year and 25 cents both come from the article above. Jimbo33 didn’t have to use his math, he just used the federal governments math!

By: EvilPoliticians

EvilPoliticians — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:03:34 +0000

If politicians put in some guarantees that costs would go down, the sell for tax increases would be an easy sell. This includes national healthcare. Of course the politicians are too smart to do something like that.

By: RET Jr

RET Jr — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:01:18 +0000

Give me a break! This is just sophistry. This, from a government that still collects a telecommunications tax to fund the Spanish American War!

Cap and trade is rubbish – BHO and company blew it when they severely curtailed Hydrogen. When will you sheeple learn that the government is not the answer?

I eagerly await the day that we producers pack up and leave you looters to freeze in the dark…

By: wikiBuddha

wikiBuddha — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:58:45 +0000

I have not taken the chance to read this (awefully lengthy) bill and have not taken a stance of support or opposition of it. I lean slightly toward objection, however I do believe the government needs to subsidize “clean” energies in order to make them widely available.

One thing I vehemently oppose is “cap and trade” legislation. I fail to see its effectiveness. What I gather is that it is essentially an imaginary market that serves no purpose to actually curb pollution, but to put more money into people’s hands that don’t deserve it.

I would like to see less of an emphasis on centralizing our energy sources and I would also like to see legislation supporting or encouraging more wind power, which seems largely to depend on somehow making the wind turbines more aesthetically pleasing. I find old-school windmills rather charming myself. Despite the production of “noise,” I also consider the motion of the windmills to be meditatively satisfying as well.

With solar, a smart-grid may be a necessary component. But, I’d like to see much more emphasis on personal ownership and for each home/property to provide a portion of the energy generation (think cloud computing).

Cheers!

By: EvilPoliticians

EvilPoliticians — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:57:09 +0000

Being smarter than all of us, you know it won’t cost you much more to pay our share for us. Come on – it’s only another 25 cents for you to make up for my ignorance.

By: SW in Palmyra NJ

SW in Palmyra NJ — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:52:32 +0000

Just like the 1 cent sales tax was suppose to reduce my realestate taxes in NJ.
Started giving rebates to control the vote, now they’re gone.
My realestate taxes are still going higher and now the Dems have imposed higher sin taxes.
Give me a break, I’m tired of paying more and more taxes so that the corrupt politicians can spend it on bailouts, pensions, more government workers and social programs. They don’t even know where all the bailout money went.
They were going to save GM and the auto industry by throwing billions at them, GM could have went into bankruptcy without government help.

By: jimbo33

jimbo33 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:48:59 +0000

Before you complain you should at least do your math correctly !! The total is $93.75 per year !! All these complainers and so little intelligence!!!

By: jdog

jdog — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:48:39 +0000

Wow, how great… this chang… wait. According to the FULL text of the numbers published by the Congressional Budget Office that published the numbers, the stucy contains 2 VERY large disclaimers 1) this estimate is only for one year in the near future (i.e. not a year where the limits are high and the full effect of the TAX would be felt) and 2) does NOT reflect ANY of the impact at all that this will have on GDP. Man, I love headlines that tell how great something is until you actually READ THE FINE PRINT.

By: Russ

Russ — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:44:55 +0000

Jeez… people are so ridiculous. Taxes are the way to pay for everything. Without taxes you wouldn’t have roads, power lines, sidewalks, almost everything you use EVERYDAY you wouldn’t have. Oh but wait the state will take care of them for you. You are absolutely right! But then the state you live in will hike up it’s taxes to pay for the shit that the federal government just stopped paying for.

Stop your bitching. I bet you spend more money a day at mcdonalds than this is asking. And for once think about someone other than yourself. People are so selfish it’s amazing anything ever gets donated. We have taxes because without them there wouldn’t be enough money to pay for shit. Don’t want taxes? Then legalize pot instead. Tax the pot that your neighbor is smoking and you’ll have more than enough.

Now quit your belly aching and for the love of whatever you call holy stop being a selfish bastard.

By: Don T

Don T — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:38:51 +0000

The 25 cents a day is only the tip of the iceburg, that is what the governemtn will collect directly. The additional cost of GPD and job destruction make this bill likely to cost every american family thousands of dollars a year. How about trying a little fact checking and perspective in your reporting.