Re: Affordability

Congratulations go out to Chuck Wieland for his recent letter conveying his thoughts on the state of the economy in the good old USA. There are a few things that I do agree with him on.

One is the fact that the extension of the 2017 tax cuts do help the rich, however he did fail to mention that the tax cuts helped a huge majority of the taxpayers and they definitely helped the middle class. Perhaps the ones it didn’t help are the nearly 40 percent of the people who pay little or zero taxes.

One other thing I agree with him on is the outrageous rates that PG&E charges its customers. No reason for California residents to be paying five or more times what people in other areas of the country are paying for the same services. All rate increases have to be approved by the PUC, a state agency. Perhaps the PUC should start looking out for the people and start saying “NO” when PG&E requests their next rate hike.