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‘THE LIGHT BULB THAT COSTS TEN TIMES AS MUCH LASTS FOUR TIMES AS LONG’

Jimmy Z - Your government is going to force you to use the light bulbs they want you to use.  Freedom of choice and free competition be damned.

“Congress and the president banned incandescent light bulbs last month... the energy bill passed by Congress and signed by President Bush sets energy-efficiency standards for light bulbs [by 2012] that traditional incandescent bulbs cannot meet.” [...]

"I was kind of involved at the very beginning" of this legislation, Mr. Moorehead says modestly. Indeed, in December 2006, Philips announced a campaign to encourage governments all around the world to phase out low-cost bulbs by 2015. Now, I'm sure that Philips and GE and Sylvania all want to make the world a better place and so on. But if they can do so while at the same time getting the government to force their customers to pay 10 times as much for their products, well . . . did they mention that they're making the world a better place? [...]

Click HERE for the gory details at the Wall Street Journal. There are many reasons for conservatives to be disgusted by President Bush.