Reporting for the Washington Free Beacon, Susannah Luthi writes:
California governor Gavin Newsom is standing by the state’s soon-to-be-implemented "equitable" policy to base electricity bills on income, rather than usage, even as public and political opposition to the idea builds in the Democratic coalition.
It appears that California’s choices to push electricity production to costlier, supposedly greener, sources is having the effect of making electricity more expensive. At the same time, these policies aim to make consumers more reliant on electricity over energy sources like gasoline, diesel, and natural gas for everything.
Making electricity more expensive while making everyone more reliant on electricity, of course, hurts the poor more than the wealthy. So a solution was needed. One might have thought lawmakers could simply move away from policies that raise energy costs. Instead, what they have decided to do is to charge richer consumers more so as to subsidize energy consumption for the poor.
This policy is not popular among those who are meant to pay: people who are also likelier to vote and contribute to political candidates.
Today I begin preparations for Daughter #2's baby shower this weekend (who am I kidding, I've been prepping for weeks.) We will host around 30 guests for a "baby tea party" and then about half that number will stay around for dinner and socializing afterwards. Baby Adeline will make her first trek to Grandma and Grandpa's house to meet many relatives for the first time. I'm so excited!
Californians....all I can say is "too bad, so sad." You continue to re-elect this buffoon. My brother lives in CA and LOVES LOVES LOVES Gavin Newsom (he's also not rich.)