{"id":456801,"date":"2022-06-02T00:57:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T21:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hochuls-electric-bill-posturing-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T00:57:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T21:57:25","slug":"hochuls-electric-bill-posturing-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochuls-electric-bill-posturing-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hochul&#8217;s electric-bill posturing and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e744e4684\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e744e4684\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochuls-electric-bill-posturing-and-other-commentary\/#%E2%80%9CHochuls_electric-bill_posturing_and_other_commentary%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Hochul&#8217;s electric-bill posturing and other commentary&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochuls-electric-bill-posturing-and-other-commentary\/#Eye_on_NY_Hochuls_Electric-Bill_Posturing\" >Eye on NY: Hochul\u2019s Electric-Bill Posturing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochuls-electric-bill-posturing-and-other-commentary\/#Conservative_To_Fight_Everyday_Gun_Violence\" >Conservative: To Fight Everyday Gun Violence<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochuls-electric-bill-posturing-and-other-commentary\/#Libertarian_The_Govt_Gave_Us_Inflation_Crisis\" >Libertarian: The Gov\u2019t Gave Us Inflation Crisis<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochuls-electric-bill-posturing-and-other-commentary\/#Economy_watch_Bidens_Pathetic_Excuses\" >Economy watch: Biden\u2019s Pathetic Excuses<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochuls-electric-bill-posturing-and-other-commentary\/#Culture_desk_Non-Toxic_Masculinity_Matters\" >Culture desk: Non-Toxic Masculinity Matters<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHochuls_electric-bill_posturing_and_other_commentary%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Hochul&#8217;s electric-bill posturing and other commentary&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/kathy-hochul.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eye_on_NY_Hochuls_Electric-Bill_Posturing\"><\/span>Eye on NY: Hochul\u2019s Electric-Bill Posturing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul may support \u201cthe Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act\u2019s (CLCPA) goals, but she clearly doesn\u2019t want anyone to link her to its costs,\u201d<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.empirecenter.org\/publications\/hochul-blames-utilities-for-costs-of-state-climate-policies\/\"> snarks the Empire Center\u2019s James E. Hanley<\/a>. She \u201cdeclared it \u2018outrageous\u2019 and \u2018unacceptable\u2019\u200a\u201d for utilities \u201cto ask upstaters to pay\u201d higher rates to cover \u201cthe cost of buying clean energy and promoting energy efficient homes\u201d (as well as replacing \u201caging infrastructure to prevent blackouts\u201d). It\u2019s \u201ca transparent attempt to distance herself from the consequences of the CLCPA agenda she supports.\u201d In short, \u201cshe\u2019s going for the low-risk, low-leadership strategy of trying to give the public freebies, and blaming others when the real costs become known.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conservative_To_Fight_Everyday_Gun_Violence\"><\/span>Conservative: To Fight Everyday Gun Violence<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cUniversal background checks are a prime example\u201d of \u201cgun policy . . . that Republicans and Democrats . . . should support, even if it will not necessarily prevent mass shootings,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/universal-background-checks-might-not-stop-mass-shootings-but-they-would-help\">argues Tom Joyce at the Washington Examiner<\/a>. \u201cMost gun deaths (54%) are suicides, while murders are a not-so-distant second (43%), according to Pew,\u201d so \u201cthis is where the most potential exists to reduce gun violence in this country.\u201d Background checks enjoy support from \u201c84% of voters, including 77% of Republicans.\u201d And while \u201cimproving mental health, preventing substance abuse and improving school security\u201d can help stop mass shootings, \u201cit\u2019s important to combat other forms of gun violence.\u201d Indeed, \u201cit\u2019s irresponsible to pit these issues against one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Libertarian_The_Govt_Gave_Us_Inflation_Crisis\"><\/span>Libertarian: The Gov\u2019t Gave Us Inflation Crisis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Soaring US inflation is \u201cof human cause\u201d and largely \u201cthe result of a flood of government spending intended to offset pandemic lockdowns\u201d as well as attempts \u201cto exploit the health crisis to advance preexisting legislative agendas,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/06\/01\/politicians-cause-real-pain-with-inflationary-policies\/\">points out Reason\u2019s J.D. Tuccille<\/a>. Inflation \u201cgnaws at incomes, erases savings and makes budgeting challenging to the point of impossibility\u201d for average Americans, but \u201camong the beneficiaries of cheapened money is the government itself,\u201d as it \u201cpays its bills by creating dollars (or pounds, euros, etc.) and the recipients get devalued currency for their troubles.\u201d President Biden \u201cconcedes the need to rein in inflation,\u201d but doing so \u201cmay well kneecap the economy by bringing about a recession.\u201d While \u201cpoliticians will try to place the blame on anybody but themselves,\u201d Americans should \u201cnever forget that it was their decisions that placed that hole in your wallet.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Economy_watch_Bidens_Pathetic_Excuses\"><\/span>Economy watch: Biden\u2019s Pathetic Excuses<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden wants Americans to know: Curbing inflation is his top, top, top priority,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/finance\/3507723-its-biden-v-inflation-and-bidens-losing\/\">jeers Liz Peek at The Hill<\/a>. But his Wall Street Journal op-ed \u201cdid contain a red alert, which may have been the point,\u201d warning that job growth will likely slow drastically. Biden calls that \u201csuccessfully moving into the next phase of recovery,\u201d but Peek notes that at best that\u2019s saying \u201cwe must settle for mediocre growth and lowered expectations.\u201d In short, \u201cThis is not a White House, or a president, that expects to win.\u201d Biden clearly plans to pin the blame for the slowdown on the Federal Reserve, but \u201cunh<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ily for Joe, voters place the buck at his door.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Culture_desk_Non-Toxic_Masculinity_Matters\"><\/span>Culture desk: Non-Toxic Masculinity Matters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe concept of \u2018toxic masculinity,\u2019\u2009\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/spectatorworld.com\/topic\/not-all-masculinity-toxic\/\">notes Douglas Murray at Spectator World<\/a>, relies on the idea that \u201cspecifically male behaviors are a problem\u201d in themselves: violence, in particular. But when \u201ca woman sitting on the subway\u201d in New York was attacked by a \u201cmadman\u201d, \u201cgood, decent masculinity\u201d might have allowed \u201cthe men in the carriage\u201d to help her. So too for the 19 officers \u2014 \u201cone for each slain child\u201d \u2014 who \u201csat around in a corridor waiting for backup while the bad guy had the scene to himself\u201d in the Uvalde massacre. All this \u201cshould remind us that society needs men to behave in certain ways at certain times\u201d and that \u201cthere must be consequences to telling men that . . . their behavior is wrong, and that all their intentions are tainted by dint of their chromosomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Kathy Hochul may support \u201cthe Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act\u2019s (CLCPA) goals, but she clearly doesn\u2019t want anyone to link her to its costs,\u201d snarks the Empire Center\u2019s James E. Hanley. 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