Posted on 04/16/2023 10:11:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The state of California is implementing full Marxism before our very eyes under the guise of “equity.” And so now there can be no possible doubt if there ever was for anyone: instituting Communism has been what “equity” initiatives have been about all along. Now three of its most powerful utility companies are saying that they’re going to charge based not on how much of their product was used, but on how much money the user makes.
In simpler times, if you bought something, you paid for it. Rich or poor, tall or short, black or white, female or male, wise or foolish, everyone paid the same amount for a product. But in our more enlightened era, we know how unjust that really is. It deprives the poor of access to vital goods and services, and that injustice must be redressed.
That’s what Communism is all about, at least in theory: leveling out economic differences between people by confiscating earnings from the rich and awarding them to those who have less. This is the fundamental reason why Marxism, despite its extraordinarily bloody historical record, still appeals to so many people, rich, poor, and in between: it appears to redress the injustices in life and provide everyone with a decent living.
The problem with it arises from the fact that capitalism is inescapable. It is an iron law. It is not actually an economic system that can be discarded and replaced with a better one. It is simply the way human interactions work. If the California utility companies are going to make people who have more money pay more for the same goods and services they could get for less money if they had less, there will be several results
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People will see that there is no point in working harder to try to earn more money, as the state will just confiscate it in various ways. Consequently, people will work less, and less hard. The standard of living will decline, because productivity will have declined.
That is the disastrous path that Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric, and San Diego Gas & Electric are now planning to follow. ABC 7 in Los Angeles reported Friday that the three utility giants “filed a joint proposal this week for a flat-rate charge based on income.” Not a flat-rate charge, period, but one based on how much money you make.
“The plan would break monthly bills in two parts: The fixed-income rate, plus a reduced usage charge based on consumption. Under the proposal, it would cost as little as $15 a month for low-income households and up to $85 more per month for households making more than $180,000 a year.”
So in CA, all those in the country illegally, will be getting the lowest payments...lol
Highly productive and wealthier people will continue to move out of the state, and California continues its descent into hsithole status.
Or should I say, those in CA in the country illegally, will be getting the lowest rates/bills...lol
Tax attorneys will come up with amazing ways to hide the “income” of wealthy folks.
It is the middle class who will get clobbered—as usual.
So utility companies will have to have access to California income tax data in order to implement this marxist scheme. I am so glad our jobs moved out of California 26 years ago and took us with them.
Unfortunately family and friend still live there and we have to pay California’s insane tourist taxes when we visit. It’s incredible how exploitive socialist paradises are.
Among other things, this scheme will lead to more waste, and a greater demand on the power grid. When your electricity bill is $100 a month, you tend to be careful. You turn off lights you don’t need, etc.
But when your bill is only $15 a month, let the good times roll.
It’s just lucky that California isn’t transitioning to an all-electric future, one where electricity would be in short supply regardless.
Oh, wait…
Ca. voters put into office communists politicians, now live with it and don’t complain.
Fork California, turn it over and take it off the grill
its done. lol
So, based on income, not wealth. Doing ever more to keep people from rising out of poverty and the middle class.
Also known as ... keepin ‘em on the plantation.
Correct; those at the top are shielded, those at the bottom benefit, and the rest of us are the suckers left holding the bag.
And here we are.
We have become Venezuela.
“So utility companies will have to have access to California income tax data”
Doesn’t sound good, does it? Are the utility company leaders doing this on their own or is there a behind-the-scenes motive?
If the citizens of California want to further subsidize their poor, they should have their government do it.
The march to communism continues.
CA first, then oregon, washington, NY and Mass.
MY income——
YOUR Income——
ANYONE’S Income is not part of any utility’s business.
JUST what ALL of us need-—
A utility employee junkie who has access to YOUR income records.
I lived in Calif from Feb 1964 to Dec 2004-—over 40 years.
I PAID ALL MY UTILITY BILLS on time & I expected others to do the same.
I never expected others to pay for such.
NOW-—PUSH Electric cars on everyone & their power bills go thru the roof——AND I should pay for that?
YOUR INCOME RECORDS are available for any & all snot-nosed idiot working at power company????????
HOW MUCH DO THEY SCREEN THEIR EMPLOYEES???
Not only NO-—BUT HELL NO!!!!!!!!!
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