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Another Tax on the
Poor
By Erick Erickson
Liberals, with the signature of President Bush, have driven up the cost
of being poor in this country yet again.
That’s right — beginning this year in California and next year
everywhere else, the incandescent lightbulb is being banned.
Now, the environmentalists say that’s not true — the bulb is just being
phased out for new energy efficient light bulbs. But it is the reality.
The cheap incandescent is being tossed aside for LED bulbs, halogen
bulbs, compact fluorescents, etc.
It will be a failure of the Republicans in Congress if the incandescent
bulb goes away. The replacements are all more expensive, many of them
more hazardous, and the result is an increase in the cost of living for
the poor in this country.
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