Politicians in California is proposing that its government should have control of the thermostats of homes and businesses in the state.  I bet the Enviro-socialists are drooling over this one!

“The proposed regulations would require all residential and non-residential buildings to have a Programmable Communicating Thermostat (PCT).

“The regulations state that ‘all PCTs shall be distributed with a non-removable Radio Data System (RDS) communications device … which can be used by utilities to send price and emergency signals.’ For price events, thermostats can be offset by up to four degrees, but ‘customers shall be able to change the offsets and thermostat settings at any time during price events.’ “

In other words, the California government is going to force taxpayers to pay for thermostats that the government can change… and that residents can instantly change right back?  No wonder they’re in a financial state of emergency…

So what’s the point of even installing them then?  It’s simple.  Leftists are importing Socialism this country one step at a time.  Once people get used to the idea that the government can change their thermostat, it’ll be much easier for the state to take complete control of the temperature in homes or businesses.

This is what you call a “transitional policy.”  Remember… one step at a time.

 Note: The title of this post is a reference to Emma Lazarus’ poem “The New Colossus,” which, in 1903, was engraved on a bronze plaque and mounted inside the Statue of Liberty.