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Inflation is affecting Americans at all income levels, but the poorest citizens are feeling the effects of higher prices more than anyone else.
For that reason, it was especially infuriating when Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm used her recent forum on Fox News to tell low-income Americans that they should be spending money they don’t have on “green” energy devices that they don’t need.
The disingenuous and tone-deaf remarks came while she was trying to defend the ironically named Inflation Reduction Act.
According to TheBlaze:
Speaking with fill-in host Trace Gallagher on “Fox News Sunday,” Granholm responded to criticism that tax credits built into the Inflation Reduction Act only financially benefit Americans who can afford clean-energy items like solar panels and energy-efficient appliances.
Shockingly, Granholm claimed even low-income Americans, those with the least disposable income, also benefit — by spending imaginary money they probably do not have.
“If you are low-income, you can get your home entirely weatherized through the expansion from the bipartisan infrastructure laws, a significant expansion — you don’t have to pay for anything,” she said. “If you want heat pumps, insulation, new windows, that is covered.
