I’m not sure how much work 80-year-old President Joe Biden gets done — with more downtime than any of our previous commanders in chief — but his administration has been working overtime. Not knowing how long they have left in office, they have been working hard to make life more expensive for you and me.
Biden’s Department of Energy (DOE) is the primary culprit. It has been burning the midnight oil to find ways to make any appliance more expensive for the consumer.
Over the past several months, the DOE has proposed new regulations for gas stoves, ovens, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, furnaces, light bulbs, dehumidifiers, microwaves and dishwashers.
One of those regulations, proposed in February, was for gas stoves. Interestingly, the DOE recently filed a notice saying the predicted savings will be 30 percent less than originally reported. The revised report shows these new regulations will save consumers less than 9 cents monthly.
The latest push from the DOE is ceiling fans. With the argument that it will save energy costs of close to $39 over the fan’s lifespan, they are hell-bent on pushing more regulations on manufacturing, which will result in higher prices.
Connie and I have four ceiling fans in our home that have been running since 1988. That would equate to just over one dollar a year in electricity per fan. For the sake of argument, let’s assume the average lifespan is 10 years. Now, our savings would be $3.90 per fan per year.
I’m willing to wager that these regulations will increase the cost of a new ceiling fan by more than $39.
If the savings in a more efficient appliance outweigh the increased price, it should be up to the consumer to decide what they want.
Experts advising Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg are very anti-private cars. One of his advisors, Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, says, “All cars are bad” and calls for “zero emission transit.” This unique group of experts claims the privilege of owning a car ignites “systematic racism.”
You can bet that, given enough time, the Biden Administration will announce regulations on gas-powered lawn equipment, if not an outright ban.
A new craze in cuisine is outdoor pizza ovens. Better purchase yours before they are regulated out of existence along with barbecue grills.
The tipping point for rural America will come when some wealthy politician decides to ban wood-burning fireplaces and furnaces.
Also under the radar are new rules coming down from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Experts say, according to an article on Foxnews.com, these new rules “could make land unavailable for hunting, fishing and even hiking.”
These new regulations would make land owned and controlled by the U.S. Government inaccessible to its citizens in the name of environmentalism.
One of America’s worst mistakes was prohibition when, in 1920, the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawed the manufacture and sale of liquor.
To demonstrate how stupid big government can be, two weeks ago, George Koob, the director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), told the Daily Mail that the U.S. is looking to reduce the recommended alcohol consumption. Currently, guidelines in America recommend men limit themselves to two drinks a day and women limit to one.
Koob, Biden’s alcohol czar, is considering following Canadian guidelines— the country, not the whiskey — which recommends just two drinks per week.
For years, big government has clamped down on cigarette smoking, and now it’s hinting at controlling how much liquor we drink. On the other end of the spectrum, Uncle Sam gives out free needles to homeless drug addicts.
There seems to be no part of our personal lives that the Biden Administration does not want to control.
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Note: President Biden — according to an analysis of press-pool reports reported by the New York Post — “has spent all or part of 382 of his presidency’s 957 days – or 40 percent — on personal overnight trips away from the White House, putting him on pace to become America’s most idle commander-in-chief.” In contrast, former presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama were away from the office 11 percent of their eight years in office. Jimmy Carter was a workaholic, only taking off 79 days, or just 5 percent, during his four years.
