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Originally Posted by redorchestra
instead we will pay our CEO a 100 million dollar bonus and give all of our share holders their 15% dividends and ask the Canadian gov. for a tax break and a 0% interest loan to build new wind infrastructure so we can produce power cheaper but charge the users more. 
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I thought Canada does everything right. That's what Michael Moore has been telling me.
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Originally Posted by Ryland
Average electric bill in the US is around $100 per month so a $5 increase to pay for a new meter is only a 5% increase and it's much cheaper then paying for a new power plant to be built...
When we are better informed we an make better choices and I don't understand the argument for being less informed!
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If smart meters save money in the long run, then any percent increase is a crime. It's that kind of thinking; that the tax is just a little bit more, or it's just a little bit of freedom you are giving up, or just a small rate increase, that builds up over time and then we end up with enormous bureaucracy, taxes, costs, and loss of liberty.
I hate to say it, but at this point I would vote for any presidential candidate that promised to do absolutely nothing during their term. I just can't see either Dems or Repubs doing anything to increase liberty, or decrease bureaucracy and special interest projects.
You are quite right about information making for better informed people. This is the age of information. People have no chance of making intelligent decisions when they don't have good information. Now, I fully expect many people will still make terrible decisions once they have access to information, but at least it puts the responsibility back on them for that decision.