Get a sweater and quit your whining. We have optional wars to fi
Government money short to help poor pay heating bills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 30 million low-income American households who will need help paying heating bills this winter from a U.S. government program will be left in the cold because of a lack of funding for the program.
Consumer groups and state energy officials have sounded the alarm, saying a federal program to help poor families pay heating bills will have nowhere near the money needed to cover those expected to seek assistance.
The government’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP, only has enough funding to cover 16 percent of the 38 million poor households eligible for the program.</em>
Isn’t it striking that any program that actually helps the lesser of our citizens- SCHIP, LIHEAP- well, there never seems to be the funds. Oh, you “need” another 50 billion for illegal war? You betcha. Tax cuts to upper 1% of the Paris Hiltons of the country? No problem, that’s our “base”. Nice priorities, folks.
