Stimulus to Add Green to Electrical Industry?

Green is the new telcom (overhyped, poorly thought out by distributors). Distributors are at the bottom of the food chain where green selling is concerned. We sell generic stuff other people have to sell and install for the customer to see value. We are setting ourselves up to spend a lot trying to sell something that will ultimately be sold at low margins (because it is almost all undifferentiated). Is there a market for “green”? sure. Is is something we will drive? Get real.

Yes there will be new construction…but at what cost?
“You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When
half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what
they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You
cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.”

~~~~~ The late Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931 – 2005

It will be interesting to see the latest add on plan that our worthless congress will dream up. Of course they are being well paid to act like fools.

Central USA ED

Well said….but we want our share ASAP
TN Distributor

This is probably the best way to explain it from my modest view point:
Being an old broken down #%$&* I needed an easy way of understanding the all new beautiful incentive program that was just approved. This answered all my questions!!!!!
Shortly after class, an economics student approaches his economics professor and says, “I don’t understand this stimulus bill. Can you explain it to me?”

The professor replied, “I don’t have any time to explain it at my office, but if you come over to my house on Saturday and help me with my weekend project, I’ll be glad to explain it to you.” The student agreed.

At the agreed-upon time, the student showed up at the professor’s house. The professor stated that the weekend project involved his backyard pool.
They both went out back to the pool, and the professor handed the student a bucket. Demonstrating with his own bucket, the professor said, “First, go over to the deep end, and fill your bucket with as much water as you can.” The student did as he was instructed.
The professor then continued, “Follow me over to the shallow end, and then dump all the water from your bucket into it.” The student was naturally confused, but did as he was told.
The professor then explained they were going to do this many more times, and began walking back to the deep end of the pool.

The confused student asked, “Excuse me, but why are we doing this?”

The professor matter-of-factly stated that he was trying to make the shallow end much deeper.

The student didn’t think the economics professor was serious, but figured that he would find out the real story soon enough.

However, after the 6th trip between the shallow end and the deep end, the student began to become worried that his economics professor had gone mad. The student finally replied, “All we’re doing is wasting valuable time and effort on unproductive pursuits. Even worse, when this process is all over, everything will be at the same level it was before, so all you’ll really have accomplished is the destruction of what could have been truly productive action!”

The professor put down his bucket and replied with a smile, “Congratulations. You now understand the stimulus bill.”

This explanation works for me!