All that means is the people who CAN pay will subsidize the deadbeats via some other "miscellaneous" tax at the bottom of the bill.
Well, I guess something have to be changed. The American life style, one person drives a V8 SUV or pickup truck to commute 1 hour each way to work, a family of 4 live in a 4000 sf house.
It is very possible that these people have turned down the thermostat to 68 degrees and wear a sweater , like the energy dept has been saying for the last 25 years in the "How to save on home heating costs". These savings add up. When I first took there advice 25 years ago my heating bill was $30 now it is just a tad under $600 a month. I could have saved even more if I had only installed compact flourescent bulbs.