Guess the Year?

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That year, millions of people will get tax credits to help pay their premiums, health insurers will be barred from turning away those in poor health, state-based insurance markets will make it easier to shop for a policy and many employers will be required to contribute toward the cost of workers' care. AP

It's 2014. By that time the economy should be so good all those millions of people getting tax credits will easily be covered by increased tax revenue and employers will want to contribute to workers' care so much, they will be hiring more.

The only way this can fail is if the economy isn't thriving and employers are firing rather than hiring. No chance of that? Right?

Healthcare may need some fixing but this is a disaster in the making. Again the scarey part? There is no escape plan.

[dellinger63]

Helping the economy lol

Consumers could see their electricity bills jump an estimated 40 to 60 percent in the next few years.

The reason: Pending environmental regulations will make coal-fired generating plants, which produce about half the nation's electricity, more expensive to operate. Many are expected to be shuttered.

The increases are expected to begin to appear in 2014, and policymakers already are scrambling to find cheap and reliable alternative power sources. If they are unsuccessful, consumers can expect further increases as more expensive forms of generation take on a greater share of the electricity load.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...,7432941.story

[SOREHOOF]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Helping the economy lol



http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...,7432941.story

The increases will hit long before 2014. I guess I'll hold off on buying that new Chevy Volt. An SUV will end up being cheaper to run if gas is still available in the future. The Obama Administration wants to put America back into the dark ages. What they can't do through Congress, they do through regulation. So much for freedom.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by SOREHOOF

The increases will hit long before 2014. I guess I'll hold off on buying that new Chevy Volt. An SUV will end up being cheaper to run if gas is still available in the future.

Already the case in some areas. The 'electric Yugo'

During its time with us, our 2011 Chevy Volt tester consumed energy at the rate of 39.0 kilowatt-hours per 100 miles when in electric-only mode and averaged 31.1 mpg in gas engine assistance mode. We paid an average of $0.31 per kilowatt-hour of electricity and $3.31 per gallon of 91 octane swill, so the magic of arithmetic tells us that each one of the Volt's miles driven on electricity cost us more money than if it'd simply consumed gasoline instead. That's due in part to our high electricity rate - had our rate dropped to $0.24 per kilowatt-hour, we'd have reached parity on a cost-per-mile basis between electrons and dinosaurs.

http://green.autoblog.com/2010/11/11...re-than-the-g/