The precedent has been set by the Marxists.  They really hate the middle class and will try in every way to oppress it.  Remember that Obamacare is really highly punitive towards anyone who makes near $50,000 and that was by deliberate design.  Not a lot of people stop to think just how evil and horrible the Marxists truly are and they keep voting for them.

I used to pay $15 per month for my electricity here which was $10 for electric and taxes and $5 for the connection fee.  Now its $17 per month for the connection fee and $15 per month for the same amount of electricity and taxes ($32).  It now usually costs me more to be connected than it does for my electricity.  There are some months when the A/C is on when my bill goes to about $45 but thats  only usually 3 months.

I have been having to put up with the same kind of nut jobs since Obama got elected.  Thats when all this started happening.

Anyway I have no hope that those idiots out in California will stop voting for the LeftWing KooKs who like to impose their sadism on the masses with stupid petards such as these.

Stop complaining with your mouths and use your votes instead!  Or, like a lot of other people have been doing you can complain with your feet and move to somewhere that isn't evil.

* I live here & l don't know of a single Californian that thinks this is a good idea. The powers that be are attempting to raise money for replacing decaying & old equipment, and that is not a " lefty or righty" idea. This is also a " proposal " not set in stone at present.

* How Obamacare can be tied to this or any other crisis is beyond me. By the way " Think" where is the replacement to Obamacare that Trump ran on before becoming President? Better yet, have the Republicans who now control the house started legislation on replacing Obamacare with something better? Take your time responding Think.

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Seriously?  You don't know what Obamacare has to do with this?

It's a very simple answer!  Obamacare is income based up until a point and that point is around $50000 so it is very unaffordable the closer you make to $50k  It truly is an attack on the deplorables.