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"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Henry David Thoreau, 1854.
SDG&E is raising their rates because they are a monopoly! A LEGALIZED monopoly, granted the privilege (by government) to supply energy to homes without any competition.
We talked with county supervisor Diane Jacob yesterday at 7:00 and she was outraged that SDG&E wants to raise their rates. Of course they want to raise their rates. Why wouldn't they? No other company is allowed to compete and offer energy at a lower rate.
We need to get to the root of this problem, stop hacking at the branches. There is no reason energy distribution cannot compete in a free market like every other commodity.
We talked with William Yeatman from the Competitive Enterprise Institute about what a free market in energy distribution would look like. You're going to love what he had to say:
http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/kfmbam/podcast/audio/the_mike_slater_show_6682.mp3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE9NGOgdrIo
