Uncontrolled Costs

"Some in government think we all have an unlimited amount of cash. Cash to be used to pay for their social engineering..."

I have some bad news. Then some worse news. There are some huge cost increases coming down the pipe. That is the bad news. And they don't have to be increases this high. In fact, they don't even have to be increases at all. But they will be. And that is the worse news.

Some wonder "what costs?" Let us visit just a few:

ObamaCare - To paraphrase our President's former pastor, "ObamaCare costs have come home to roost." Two recent examples. First, one of my daughters who has a job working for the county government, recently was notified that by 2017, her current insurance policy will no longer apply. Right now, she has an "okay" policy. Not great, but okay. Not however, in the eyes of the government. It is too good. Cadillac good. So to keep from paying the ObamaCare Cadillac tax, the county is going to dump it and replace it with something more expensive for the employee.

Also this past week, more stories are emerging about the projected increase in Part B Medicare. For those who don't know, Part B is the "Medicare Supplemental" that is paid by the Medicare beneficiary. Why is this a big deal? First off, it is yet another example of the lie which was used to sell this worthless bill. Second, there are retirees who really do live month to month. They don't have a lot of extra money laying around. Absorbing this extra cost could really be tough for them. Or impossible.

Energy - The Administration War on Coal is going to cost this country a mint. I'm sorry - wrong way to put that. It will cost the people who live in this country a mint. I have addressed this before. Our state gets almost half its energy from a coal powered plant just north of the Twin Cities called Sherco. Both the President and our Governor would like to see this plant shuttered. Why? It burns coal.

There is no viable plan "B" to what kind of fuel we could use to replace the coal. Bottom line - our electricity costs will keep going up. And up. And up. Last month for the first time, our electric bill crested $400. We do not live in that big of a house and we did not use our air conditioner much at all. If we don't do something to stop this War on Coal, five years from now $400/month might be cheap.

Education - More and more people are scratching their heads on why higher education costs so much these days. And the costs keep going up and up and up. Many people (myself included) do not understand why we cannot take more classes online. This is the age of Google for crying out loud! We don't need much brick and mortar to educate our young. We don't need pricey text books. We don't need a bloated administrative staff like many colleges and universities have.

In most colleges and universities the band just continues to play on. Costs keep going up and they are either passed on to the students, taxpayers, or both. There is never any effort to control costs - only shift them. There is no thinking outside the box to come up with a better mouse trap. Nope - just keep the status quo. Watch this one folks - just like the other two above, it is a ticking time bomb.

Just so this does not ruin your day, don't worry too much about these uncontrolled cost increases. We can pay for them with the large increases in pay we all get every year. Or not.