Stop the Repeal of PUHCA! (Public Utility Holding Company Act)
A Message for Senate and House Democrats:We the undersigned are outraged at the destruction of utility rate-payer protections by Senate and House Democrats when they voted to repeal the Public Utility... continue reading »
""PUBLIC" means it belongs to the PEOPLE"
"If there is justice, then one day the repealers of PUHCA may find themselves hot, with no air conditioning; cold, with no heating; and burning with thirst, with no water. For your own sakes, don't do now what you'll hate later."
"Don't forget that your first duty is to represent us, the common people, and be concerned for our welfare, and not to ensure that the energy companies reap enormous profits by gouging consumers."
"we don't need a repeat of Enron"
"As a California native who has experienced the effects of the most despicable and greedy Enron group of businessmen, I would hate to see more of this behavior on a national level."
"This is outrageous! My relatives already survived the energy debacle in California - we don't want that again! Do not repeal this legislation!"
"Do you read all the bills you vote for? Will you it for FDR?"
"There are some things that only governments can do, and keeping multi-billion dollar energy companies in check is one of them. Do your job."
"Joseph Kelliher, Dick Cheney's point man in organizing the secret energy task force that drafted much of the energy bill, was just appointed as director of FERC. In a March 10, 2001, email, Kelliher asked an energy lobbyist if he were "King" or "Il Duce,""
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"Democracy must include economics or it's just window dressing. Privatizing everything just makes the United States a wholly-owned subsidiary of Halliburton & its ilk. The commons is not some alien socialist notion, it's the basis of the country to beg"
"Whatever happened to for the people, by the people, the people are getting railroaded again. We had the common sense to do away with Monopolies, how our grandfathers must be rolling over in their graves to see what our CONGRESS is doing to OUR COUNTRY"