Thom Hartmann vs. Selig: Please, Mr. Scrooge, may I have a lump of coal?

Run time: 08:55 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc_rq5f2rO0   Posted on YouTube: December 02, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheBigPictureRT Views on YouTube: 84   Posted on DU: December 02, 2011 By DU Member: thomhartmann Views on DU: 1089

 
David Selig, Conservative Commentator joins Thom . According to forecasts by the U.S. Energy Information Administration - the price of heating the average home with oil this winter is expected to spike 10% to $2,500 for the whole season. That’s a 45% increase from just two years ago. There are more than 8 million homes in America that rely on oil for heating purposes - and roughly 1-in-4 in the Northeast. Unrest in the Middle East - and rampant speculation on Wall Street are to blame for the oil price spike - but the situation is about to get a lot worse for those dealing with the price hike. That's because earlier this year - thanks to Republicans demanding spending cuts - the LiHEAP program - or the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program - saw it’s budget nearly cut in half this year - meaning more and more poor people won’t be able stay warm in America during the winter. So why is it - when millionaires and billionaires have never had it better in America - that poor people could be put in danger of freezing to death this winter? Memo to Republican lawmakers - Somehow "Let them eat FROZEN cake!" just doesn't have the same ring to it!

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What a fucking scum sucking bottom dwelling greedy moron this RePUKE scumbag is.

Someone, please show this unctuous schmuck Selig how to dress. While you're at it, please explain to him how inappropriate it is for a Jew to expound in German on why the poor should freeze to death for lack of money to buy oil.