Yes, it's time to spin the wheel again...

Obama Care and Cap and Trade are nothing more than mechanisms to intrude into the lives of every American Citizen. The Left can deny the Nanny State all it wants but every day there is another story uncovered about how corrupt and dangerous this philosophy is...

If you heard Rush Limbaugh's show yesterday, you heard about the Green Shirt Brigade in Cleveland that will be delivering two, Government approved, compact fluorescent light bulbs to utility customers of First Energy. The bulbs are the same Chinese made light bulbs that you can buy at your local Hardware Store for less than the $3.50 each that the Utility Company is paying for them. This is a direct result of the Ohio Legislature's passage of a law that compels the Utility Companies to reduce their customers energy usage by 22%. Can you say Eco-Nut, Cap and Tax?

First Energy Customers can't choose not to receive the light bulbs. They will be placed on every customer's door in a bag with a brochure, More than 100 Ways to Improve Your Electric Bill. They will appear to be free. What the brochure doesn't tell you is that the customer will have a 60 cent per month "payment" added to their electric bill for the next two years. That's $21.60 for two $3.50 light bulbs.

Gotta pay for those newly created jobs; the Green Shirts. Isn't Government wonderful? It's creating jobs, reducing energy cost and creating revenue streams for Business Partners all while tightening it's control of the little people.

But it doesn't end there because the customer will be saving energy by using the light bulbs and the Utility will be loosing revenue because of their customer's eco-responsibility, each customer will be assessed a "small" fee to offset the Utility's losses. Ah yes, our Government at work to screw the People and help the Utility get away with legal thievery so they don't loose revenue.

This is all about government intrusion into American lives and governmental protection of the Big Money Utility Companies by grating them the ability to issue fees to offset losses due to conservation. This is Statism, the unholy blending of Fascism + Government and Big Business! The Government gets more power, the Utility get more revenue. The People get less freedom and who pays? You guessed it, the people.

But wait! You know it won't be long before this wonderful money saving "benefit" will be coming to an energy provider near you. Nanny State Nonsense!

Read the Cleavland Plain Dealer article here...