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I was listening too some newscast and heard that the govenment is phasing out our 75watt light bulbs,I do not like this.I am going too buy some extra ones when I go too the store as I do not like too try and read with the other bulbs,I am also wondering what other new laws the government is going too impose on us.
What an odd thing to be getting rid of. Why 75 watts? That's our gubment at work.
This is what they have to spend their time on. They haven't passed a budget in three years and they're worried about stinking light bulbs.
It's the start of removing incandesent bulbs from the market place. They are the least energy effcient bulbs produced. Check out the cost of LED's which will be the new replacements. LED's are suppose to give you way more life and use less energy but cost are high. I have been stocking up on the cheaper bulbs myself.
Joe
candle power was good enough to write the Declaration of independence,Magna carta,Emancipation proclamation not to mention the bill of rights and a few others,good thoughts dont need much ilumanation only comprehension.
This is what they have to spend their time on. They haven't passed a budget in three years and they're worried about stinking light bulbs.
Thats pretty bad,they can not get a budget,it is almost time again and they may raise the debt ceiling again which will but us in dire straights,I have also heard they will phase all old style light bulbs out soon for the expensive and not so bright bulbs.
Zurf wrote:This is what they have to spend their time on. They haven't passed a budget in three years and they're worried about stinking light bulbs.
Thats pretty bad,they can not get a budget,it is almost time again and they may raise the debt ceiling again which will but us in dire straights,I have also heard they will phase all old style light bulbs out soon for the expensive and not so bright bulbs.
They're already three months late. The federal government fiscal year runs from October to September. They've been running without a budget since October 1, just extending the previous year's budget, which was also just an extension of the previous year's budget. The last fiscal year to be operating with a budget was President Bush's final budget that was in operation when President Obama started.
It looks like they did agree on a few important items, 1.extending unemployment benifits for several million people 2.not raising taxes on anyone who earns less then $400.00 a year and insuring that the price of milk will not double these and a few stop gap measures were reluctantly approved by the lamest congress in decades but there is still a lot of work to be done on the budget,unemployment,debt celing and a host of other issues.
It looks like they did agree on a few important items, . . . 2.not raising taxes on anyone who earns less then $400.00 a year . . .
Sorry, but that's not correct. The payroll tax cuts were allowed to expire, which means your taxes will go up if you earn MUCH less than $400K per year.
BUT, I guess it depends on how we want to look at it. If we had a cut, and no longer have a cut, is that an "increase"? In my tiny little mind that's a yes.
Here's a pretty good breakdown.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-0 … holds.html
But back on topic, the light bulb thing is being touted as a green energy initiative, but IMO it's all about political backscratching. I won't get into details because it infuriates me too much, but one of the big political bankrollers is General Electric. They stand to "benefit" (understatement intended) from this light bulb issue.
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