Posted on 01/24/2009 5:59:10 AM PST by flowerplough
President Barack Obama on Saturday laid out more pieces of an economic plan he says would add 3,000 miles of electrical lines, increase security at 90 ports and double the United States' renewable energy capacity within three years.
It was the latest appeal from the new president for a massive spending bill designed to inject almost a trillion dollars into a flailing U.S. economy and to fulfill campaign pledges. As members of Congress consider an $825 billion plan and Obama woos them, his White House released a radio and Internet address directed at voters who want answers.
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Along with the speech, Obama's economic team released a report designed to outline tangible benefits of the plan and shore up support. Aides said they wanted people to understand exactly what they could expect — more schools, lower electricity bills — if their members of Congress supported the proposed legislation.
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That will cost money…they will pass that money on to the consumers. You can already see what the arguments are going to be during the general election. People will say Obama and Al Gore …these folks...they're going to destroy the economy.
This is going to cost us 8 trillion dollars or whatever their number is. If you can’t persuade the American people that, yes, there is going to be some increase on electricity rates on the front end, but that over the long term, because of combinations of more efficient energy usage and changing light bulbs and more efficient appliances, but also technology improving how we can produce clean energy that the economy will benefit. "
Thus saith President Zero.
which is busy staffing its NYC office with high paid liberal activists and lobbyists getting rich on money extorted from OUR utility companies in “carbon auctions”
NO WAY anyone’s electric bills will cost less with these new business operating burdens and regulations ((new taxes) imposed global warming ideologues (who are untouchable via the voting booth, btw)
yet another lie
I’m starting to think Obama’s plan is more nefarious in an outright attempt to bankrupt us completely so we will be prime for Communism or Islam. One of the two.
Increase security at 90 ports. Ending the WOT by shutting down Gitmo, ending rendition, ending waterboarding.
Why bother with increasing security at 90 ports???
More power lines? Like saying more wheels on my truck saves on gas money... Yet another pork bridge to nowhere. He is no President, he still is a Senate stooge.
Existence failures like himself can only wish to wage failure and suicide around as a cult, especially in light of his narcissistic belief he is a god and we that we are subzeroes he hates.
The media still won’t dare try him on his hypocrisy and middle fingering America and those who voted for him. But if Hillary and McCain can take it, I think RINOs and what not must think we should too. ah the “humanity”.
That is not only absolute garbage, but one of the biggest and most outright lies that I have ever heard since the National Socialist Workers Party told the Jews that they were going to be “relocated.”
I'm pretty sure that most people will believe this until they actually get an electric bill.
Then the MSM and the DNC will blame us for everything.
The sheep will fall in line.
What I'd like to know is since when is it the Federal Gubmint's responsibility to add anything to the privately owned electrical grid?
Sounds like the Obamaloon. Cost are gonna go up. Costs are gonna go down. Etc. Typical lib. Math is not their friend.
This boondoggle is about awarding very big contracts to big donors to Democrats.
There is no way on Earth to build 3,000 miles of power lines within three years. It won't happen.
In less than a week of double-oaffing, the level of ignorance of this politician is overwhelming.
My experience tells me that the level of ignorance of most politicians is overwhelming and down right scary.....
Breeder reactors are a source of safe (for the most part) renewable energy for power generation.
And your tag line verifies your statement as 100% correct. Cheers!
Yes. And add to that the environmental impact - and the expense of studying it, not to mention how it play out with his green supporters. This could be a huge problem and definitely not a cost cutter, as far as I can see.
If you’re, only, going to get power for 25% of the time, I would hope power bills would go down.
This title makes sense considering that we’ll all be going back to candles soon when the Obamaconomy kicks in full force.
Wichita Lineman.
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