‘Let Them Die, and Decrease the Surplus Population’
Oct 4th, 2005 at 11:03 am by Susie
And a merry fucking Christmas to you, too, Mr. Scrooge:
The Bush administration yesterday said it has no plans to ask Congress for additional funds to help low-income families and financially stretched seniors deal with rapidly escalating home heating bills.
The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration is projecting that this winter’s natural gas prices will run as much as 77 percent more than last winter in parts of the Midwest (Western Pennsylvania utilities predict increases of as much as 45 percent over last winter); home heating in the Northeast could rise by as much as 33 percent, while electricity in the South could go up 18 percent, the department’s analysts said. That could mean that thousands of households won’t be able to afford enough heat or electricity.
Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman yesterday touted a new “Energy Hog” campaign designed to persuade more Americans to conserve energy.
But he said asking Congress to increase money for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program “is not on the agenda” for the administration “at this point.”
Kind of surprising. I mean, they would have been additional tax funds for his oil industry buddies.
Hm. Maybe Uncle Karl wasn’t around to advise him on this one. Karl must be spending a lot of time with his lawyer.
truly frightening.
Save oil - burn a bush!
It’s no coincidence that those most likely to be left in the cold and dark are blue staters.
The local energy company is announcing a 60% increase this year. 60%! Last year it was up 23% or so.
This is going to end up getting a lot more people than just the low income and elderly.
On the other hand, I hear energy stocks are doing great and expected to go higher.
Hmmm.