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Why would he want to bankrupt either one? I've seen the power bill hikes and the people losing their minds about it, but I'm not sure if that is warranted, or people are just bitching about a price hike that had to be done because of our current economic situation...I don't have a power bill, so I'm really not sure about it. I've helped my mom pay her's during winter months and know the bill was ridiculous for what power she actually used, but that's really the extent of my knowledge concerning that.

Is this a reason Pres Obama said that about electric companies/utilities in general? And why necessarily does he hate/dislike coal?

Obama is a panderer. He panders to the extreme environmentalists. He panders to China, the EU, and other countries that criticize this country for its energy use. In a nutshell, environmentalist wackos support Obama and coal companies and people who depend on coal generally do not. Obama promised that utility rates would "necessarily" skyrocket under his energy program and he has worked hard to make good on that promise.[INDENT]

Barack Obama: "Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket." (January 2008)

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