"Spread the Wealth?"

Week 6, Item 10


As I was driving to school today I heard some pretty disturbing news about how Obama's “green” plan was to "bankrupt" the coal industry. Throughout the commercials I thought to myself, well, that’s not that bad of an idea, I mean, we don’t actually want to be dependent on coal anymore...or at least not as dependent. Then I got to thinking....I am a full time college student, I work VERY part time, if my small apartment is being heated by coal, what will be used in place of coal? Then I started to freak myself out....since our cheaper method of electricity comes from coal, the new and improved method of electricity is going to be much more costly (although it will be cleaner), am I prepared to pay for the price for it? My parents who are middle class, hard working citizens will be retiring soon. Will they be prepared to pay for cleaner methods of energy? I needed to do a little research of my own to understand, better educate and prepare myself for what may be coming up quickly in our future! Here is what I found....

So...what did Obama actually tell the San Francisco Chronicle?.....
“So if somebody wants to build a coal powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sun for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.”
Pennsylvania, a coal producing state, where a large majority of its residents work in the coal industry are worried that Obama's plan may have them losing their jobs...when, wasn’t Obama's promise to us that he would "create jobs"?

"In a recently publicized video from the Democratic primaries, Se. Barack Obama said the government should drive up through "price signals" in order to force Americans into more environmentally friendly choices. In the Nov. 9, 2007, interview on Iowa Public Television's "Iowa Press," Obama said Americans like driving SUVs and leaving the lights on, but since "it is undisputable that the climate is getting warmer," consumers would have to change their habits. When asked what would make consumers change, Obama said government-created "price signals" would make people more mindful of costs and compel them to start changing light bulbs and turning off light switches."

Ok, well here's my take on this, as stated above, I work part time, go to school full time and was given a car by my parents to get me through my college years. Well, here's my dilemma on Obama's plan....I do not have the money to have my electric bill raised!!!....I do not leave my lights on, I drive an SUV because I cannot afford to buy a different car, it’s got 200,000 miles on it and is probably worth $2,000 which is not going to buy me a nice smaller car, although I'd like one...it’s just not in the cards for me at the moment! A "price signal" would not help me make smarter "greener" choices...I'll tell you what it would do....it'd probably make me have to quit school because I can no longer afford my bills and gas working just part time. However, I pay taxes, and I guess I can rest assured that those not paying taxes, who fall in the poverty line will be getting free college, money given to them that was taken from tax payers in Obama's attempts to "spread the wealth", and supposedly they will "get more money by taking money away from people who pay taxes to directly give it to those who dont pay taxes in the form of a "tax cut." A tax cut? For people who already don't pay taxes? That's not a tax cut, is it? That's more like a... well, a government handout. It's a welfare check."
Please, make up your mind for yourself, but I dont want my tax money given to those who dont pay taxes! I dont want my attempts to get my life started by going to college, working, living on my own, trying to sacrifice things now so that I can have a better future after college to be disrupted because I have such high energy prices and gas prices that I have to quit school to support myself! This country was not built on "spreading the wealth" it was built on an everyman for himself, hard working, money saving, sacrifice today for a better tomorrow outlook!


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