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Energy Star Program Certifies 15 Out of 20 Bogus Products
longacre writes "A Gasoline-Powered Alarm Clock was among 15 bogus products granted the coveted Energy Star seal of approval by the US Environmental Protection Agency during a secret evaluation conducted by the Government Accountability Office. In addition, four fictional manufacturers run by fake people and marketed with crummy websites — Cool Rapport (HVAC equipment), Futurizon Solar Innovations (lighting), Spartan Digital Electronics, and Tropical Thunder Appliances — were granted Energy Star partnerships. The root of the problem: Manufacturers need only submit photos and not actual examples of their products, and they submit their own efficiency ratings, which are not independently verified by the EPA."
Sorry you are insulted, but the government is not more efficient than private industry. Never has been, never will be.
Also, cite your sources. Specious claims like the above without any source material to back it up are just plain silly.
I can claim that government employees make more money than their private-sector counterparts doing the same or similar job, but unless I can back up that claim (CATO Tax and Budget Bulletin, issue number 59 (74KB PDF)), it's a ridiculous claim.
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Proverbs 16:25 (NKJV)
Which part? The amount taxed or waiting lists?
I've done the research and I have the documents to prove there are waiting lists.
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Proverbs 16:25 (NKJV)
No, those were numbers given to me by an article I read in the CBC, but it's been years ago and I can't seem to pull it up on search results.
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Proverbs 16:25 (NKJV)