I thought to myself, Join the army. It's free. So I figured while I'm here I'll lose a few pounds.
Here is my general approach to the energy companies. You have already charged the utilities a 50 percent credit penalty for the power they were buying from you. You're charging us a penalty. You're not going to get two bites of the apple here.
Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people.

