Posted on 09/14/2016 8:08:45 AM PDT by PROCON
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans are willing to pay a little more each month to fight global warming — but only a tiny bit, according to a new poll. Still, environmental policy experts hail that as a hopeful sign.
Seventy-one percent want the federal government to do something about global warming, including 6 percent who think the government should act even though they are not sure that climate change is happening,..
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Citizens, we have heard from you and we promise with your tax dollars and with government "scientists", we will solve this problem and save the Erf!
yra more lies and deceit
77%? More B S. And for the close to 50% who don’t pay any taxes, they probably assume they have to go along with stuff like this in order to keep getting their government benefits and entitlements.
When its said and done we’ll find the press has an appetite to lie equal to that of Hillary.
Yeah, Americans favored taxing the rich by 2%.
It gave us the IRS.
Let’s have a poll which says:
1. How many of you trust that China will end their global warming practices? India? Saudi Arabia? Russia?
2. If the US ended global warming in America, will other countries global warming reach American soil?
3. How much will fixing global warming cost? 1-10, 11-100, 101-1000, etc.
A foot in the door for the sheep.
Same thing goes for school taxes. That’s the rationale every year at budget time.
Until you’re paying 10K a year in school taxes.
Big Governments answer to everything.
Raise taxes and impose heavier regulations.
Climate change is happening
What kind of statement is that? There should be 100% agreement that it is happening. The climate is constantly changing and has for the almost 5 billion years the planet has been in existence.
These are the kinds of polls that are meant to shape public opinion, not reflect it.
These morons have no idea what changes to their lifestyle would be required to align with the AGW dystopian version. No cars. No suburbs. No meat. No AC. No TP. Minimal heat. Fewer kids. And re-education camps for those who dissent. It isn’t about ten bucks tacked onto your electric bill. It is about reducing your electric bill to ten percent of its current level.
Really? They must not have polled anybody who lives in Phoenix or Palm Springs. Our bills are around $300/month in the summer months. Take a look at the taxes and fees compared with actual cost of electricity.
Charges for electricity services
Cost of electricity you used
Customer account charge $7.62
Delivery service charge $48.49
Environmental benefits surcharge $7.05
Federal environmental improvement surcharge $0.29
System benefits charge $5.33
Power supply adjustment* $3.02
Metering* $5.95
Meter reading* $1.98
Billing* $2.24
Generation of electricity on-peak* $104.59
Generation of electricity off-peak* $33.73
Federal transmission and ancillary services* $9.34
Federal transmission cost adjustment* $12.83
System benefits adjustment -$0.92
Four-Corners adjustment* $4.45
LFCR adjustor $4.21
Cost of electricity you used $250.20
Taxes and fees
Regulatory assessment $0.68
State sales tax $14.33
County sales tax $1.79
City sales tax $6.91
Franchise fee $5.02
Cost of electricity with taxes and fees $278.93
Total charges for electricity services $278.93
poor and minorities hardest hit
Not this American!
You are stupid enough to believe in global warming? Then YOU pay the bill.
What’s the dumbest, the question, or the American people’s response?
A breakdown of your electricity bill showing all the nonsensical and downright thievery you have to pay to stay cool.
"Environmental benefits surcharge"
What a crock.
So many of the American people are just too uninformed to examine an electric bill.
Whatever the problem, the answer is always tyranny.
I can get better weather for about a hundred bucks, when they have specials on flights to Palm Springs in the winter.
Allow people to voluntarily pay an extra buck and what percentage opts in. I guarantee it won’t be 57%.
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