Monday, July 13, 2015

It's Government's Fault Your Dishwasher Cycle Is 2, 3 Hours

It's Government's Fault Your Dishwasher Cycle Is 2, 3 Hours:
"The guiding fiscal principle of President Obama’s 2009 Stimulus Package was simple:
“Spend it as fast as you can.”
Programs operating under that principle are almost predestined to flunk a cost-benefit test—and the federal Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) has proved to be no exception.
University of Chicago researchers have documented that WAP is yet another government “efficiency” program that does not actually save money.
The only surprising finding was just how badly it failed.
Costs exceeded benefits by a 2-to-1 margin.
The fundamental problem with energy-efficiency mandates and subsidies is that they are based on two absurd premises. 
First, they assume that consumers are not fully interested in saving money—hence, government intervention is required.
Second, they expect a bureaucracy that has served up an $18 trillion national debt to transform into Scrooge McDuck when it is time to count energy pennies..."

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