Bipartisan Abandonment of the Poor (check out the DU mention)

Bipartisan Abandonment of the Poor
by Jayne Lyn Stahl | February 10, 2011 - 12:21am
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/node/34235

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As the Associated Press reports, the plan for the 2012 budget would slash the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program by 50% to its lowest level in three years. While the source of this speculation is anonymous, there is not a hint of anonymity from the House where GOP majority leader, John Boehner, released with alacrity an outline for what he thinks will shave $35 billion in federal spending, and which would virtually wipe out heating assistance to the poor.

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One can only gasp at tea party suggestions that Mr. Obama is a socialist when looking at what Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez does to keep the poor people in his country warm. Chavez's "fuel for the poor program," in 2005 alone, shipped low cost heating oil from Venezuela at 40% below wholesale prices.

With the help of Citgo, according to the Democratic Underground, President Chavez also used some of Venezuela's prodigious oil profits to keep poor residents of the South Bronx warm that winter.

What is the American president doing to encourage oil companies in this country to share some of their obscene profits to defray some of the government's humanitarian costs? This administration is too busy granting amnesty in order to recover what amounts to nickels and dimes in taxes from international business behemoths who have been sheltering billions while evading the IRS.

And, cutting the program that assists low income families with their heating bill is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. If House GOP majority leader, John Boehner, gets his way other equally draconian measures will be taken to trim $35 billion off the record $1.5 federal budget deficit. As the AP reports, other social programs slated to be rolled back fall in the fields of education, food safety, law enforcement, and the environment.

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"We" said it so it must be true!

I give the fuck up.

IF it pans out that way, I'm with you all the way. Until then, I'll stick to Doraldina's prophecies... she is NEVER wrong!

Good morning! I say what a joy it is to look ahead and show you the signs of your future. So much happiness is in store for you the most brilliantly lighted stars are put to shame by the brightness of your light! Oh, happiness what an illusive thing you are, but thank GOD you were born beneath this star!

Drop another coin in the slot and I will tell you more!

read it again.

I was talking about, only I was surprised it was that long ago, time flies

lol

Thanks Dajoki! We gotta start walking like Egyptians...people before profits and politics! :pals:

Thanks Mary!!:pals:

:grr:

K&R

than our own politicians. That should be all Americans need to know concerning whether our government gives a damn about us or not. The answer is not.

Thanks for the thread, dajoki.