USA Today: Electric bills have skyrocketed in the last five years

USA Today: Electric bills have skyrocketed in the last five years, a sharp reversal from a quarter-century when Americans enjoyed stable power bills even as they used more electricity. By sheer coincidence, the Democrats took over Congress in 2007 and Obama took over as President in 2009.

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  • Watch for the "authorities" to start clamping down on energy alternatives, such as wood burning. None are supposed to escape the death grip of those who work to control us.

  • Electricity has gone up. In my city, they just passed ANOTHER water rate hike. Groceries have gone up, medical care and prescription drupgs have gone up. Gas has gone up, insurance of all kinds has gone up. The cost of a home has gone up, and the percentage of downpayment is skyrocketing. The cost of purchasing a car is higher, and harder for anyone but a dealer to work on. And with planned obsolescence, those cars don't last as long. The only thing to NOT go up? Wages and jobs. What's wrong with this picture?

  • And then the very idiots who support the libturds run out and occupy everything in protest blaming republicans

  • One needs to factor in the destruction of the value to the dollar. Every quanitative easing ( lol ) has pushed the value of the dollar further and futher down .

    When and if cap-n - trade kicks in , adding an additional $ 2,000 to $ 3,ooo to the average family's annual heating and cooling cost , it will be noted that a good time , in fact a great time will be had by those behind this madness.

    The only thing that evil men need to succeed is for good men to do nothing. To know that this is going to hurt my children , your children and their children after them , is something I find painful , very painful . As I've noted before , most are fast asleep , even here.

  • "Under my plan, electricity rates will necessarily skyrocket."
    B. Heusein 0bama

    If the man gets a second term the USA will become a third world country. There will be no constraints on his communist ideology.