{"id":19663,"date":"2013-07-13T20:10:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T00:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=19663"},"modified":"2013-07-13T20:11:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-14T00:11:02","slug":"why-we-cant-afford-a-democrat-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=19663","title":{"rendered":"Why We Can’t Afford A Democrat Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Democrats<\/a> control the Senate. The Republicans hold a 33 seat majority in the House of Representatives<\/a>. The Republicans can occasionally pass something or delay something from taking effect, but generally those odds make it very difficult for either party to get much done.<\/p>\n

Recently, the Republicans gained a small victory for common sense and against crony capitalism.. On Thursday, Investor’s Business Daily<\/a> reported that in explaining why he wanted to stop a federal ban on incandescent light bulbs<\/a>, Rep. Michael Burgess<\/a>, R-Texas, said, ‘If the new energy-efficient light bulbs save money, and if they’re better for the environment, we should trust our constituents to make the choice on their own to move toward these bulbs. Let the market decide.”<\/p>\n

Oddly enough, if the ban had gone into effect, one company that would make a tremendous amount of money selling very expensive light bulbs would be General Electric<\/a>. I know it is simply an incredible coincidence, but General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt<\/a> was appointed to lead\u00a0the President\u2019s\u00a0new jobs council in January 2011.<\/p>\n

In addition to being more expensive, there are some significant problems with the compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. The Daily Caller<\/a> posted an artlcle in July 2012 reporting that scientists at the National Science Foundation<\/a> are warning consumers about the potentially harmful effects energy-saving CFL light bulbs can have on skin. In December 2011 the U.K. Daily Mail <\/a>posted an article about the fire hazard of a burned out CFL bulb<\/a>. CFL bulbs also produce a hazardous waste situation when they break.<\/p>\n

I think it really is time to celebrate the joys of the incandescent light bulb until some of the bugs get worked out of the alternative.<\/p>\n

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