Environmentalists,aren't you outraged at the Feds LIHEAP program that pays people to burn wood and oil?
Now that you have smacked the rescue inhalers out of asthmatics mouths and forced them to pay double for "replacement" lifesaving drugs that don’t work (albuterol HFA), shouldn’t you get to work abolishing these government programs that pay people to continue ruining the planet by heating with wood, wood pellets and worst of all OIL? Seems like Obama pal Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico is actually doubling the amount of assistance this year in his state. I wonder why? Isn’t it getting warmer everywhere?
http://www.hsd.state.nm.us/files/LIHEAPBenefits100108NR.pdf
3 Responses
winterrules
13 Mar 2010
racer123
13 Mar 2010
Ultimately, liheap is not a part of the solution,but, it is a desperately needed program. American society,as of late,is but a mish-mash of exxagerations-one way or the other. I like to believe that we are only as good, as how we treat our most vulnerable. On this front, we are failing morally. It is only a matter of time before we all fail,and, begin to suffer, the consequences of our actions.
oikos
13 Mar 2010
Sure, let them freeze to death. Maybe that will drop your taxes a whole dollar per year.
LIHEAP, at least in my area, promotes conservation. There are inspections, weatherproofing, distribution of CFLs, and monitoring to determine whether the home is using more energy than expected for its size.
I am outraged that the government takes money from me to give to someone else. LIHEAP and all the rest of the welfare programs need to be scaled back by at least 85%. Make the recipients work for their benefits. Make them work the equivalent of less than minimum wage and McDonalds will look like a good job. I am not refrring to people who are truly disabled. Most of the people who sponge off the taxpayers are capable of holding a job.