Senate Rejects Expansion Of Heating/Cooling Entitlements
Which is something I’m glad to hear.
Here in North Dakota, where heating your home is serious business, we have around 15,000 people who collect heating assistance. The average payout to those taking the assistance is around $830/person.
I live in a 3,000 square foot home in the northern and western part of the state. My utility company offers balanced billing (I pay more during summer months to even out higher payments during winter months) so my year-round heating bill is around $100/month or roughly $1,200/year.
Given that I live in a much larger home than anyone you’d expect to be taking heating assistance, and that I don’t really make much of an effort to conserve heat (we could do more in the winter to seal windows and such), there’s no reason why $830 shouldn’t be a sufficient amount of aid for those that need it.
Heck, I wouldn’t even call that “aid.” I’d call that paying for it.
But much like with any sort of government spending liberals want more. Because they want people to be dependent on government spending. Because people dependent on the government are easier to manipulate and control.
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