Penelope
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So why are leftists getting in the way of domestic production? ALSO, we should have MUCH more nuclear power plants on line. AND leftists are killing our coal industry. Get rid of the leftists and we can solve these problems.The US subsidizes heating for the poor to the tune of about 3 billion a year.That response has led to a thriving partnership between Citgo and the South Bronx, as well as a much broader national program. Citizens Energy is currently working with Citgo to provide heating assistance to 200,000 low-income families in 23 states, more than 250 Indian tribes from Alaska to Maine, and to more than 200 homeless shelters.[xi]
Warming Up the Bronx: Citgo Venezuela Heating & Social Development Program
(I imagine in Texas its not a big deal, heat in the winter)
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) | Office of Community Services | Administration for Children and Families
Yes I am aware and oil is down now but it was going up in 05 ,
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps people pay their heating bills, would be cut 8.4 percent, to $2 billion.
Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, said this proposal could not have come at a worse time, since the cartel of oil-producing countries "continues to jack up oil prices and tip American consumers upside down."
Senator Olympia J. Snowe, Republican of Maine, rejected the plan, saying she would push legislation to provide $3.4 billion in energy assistance.
Subject to Bush's Knife: Aid for Food and Heating
By ROBERT PEARFEB. 8, 2005
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And continue to destroy the earth, no such thing as clean coal.