Why Only the Poorest?
,blockquote>If the Senate could summon some wisdom, it would interrupt its mud wrestling over partisan placebos for the gas crisis long enough to debate something real: emergency help for the nation’s poorest families who face skyrocketing home heating costs this winter.
I’m not one to criticize measure that help the poor, but as someone who should be middle class, I think maybe it’s time the Senate started helping people like me too. I’ve written about the cost of oil heat before: it’s $3.99 a gallon today, but if I want to buy a full tank, I have to pay the entire amount up-front because the war and competing demand has made costs so unstable that there aren’t any companies that do the installment plan anymore.
So yes, by all means, help the poorest families. But stop ignoring us working poor families, who always seem to slip through the cracks: too poor to afford 300 gallons of oil, to wealthy to qualify for LIHEAP.
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