As many as 50,000 Massachusetts families struggling to pay their heating bills this winter are at risk of running out of fuel assistance unless the state steps in to help, according to a community agency in Boston.
John Drew, head of Action for Boston Community Development, said the agency is asking the Legislature to approve $21 million in funding for its fuel assistance program.
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Joe for oil pays himself $500K a year, how much oil does he deliver and to how many families?
Joe for oil pays himself $500K a year, how much oil does he deliver and to how many families?
I was gonna say the same.
Pair back Joe's 600K ... that's oil for a lot of folks...
Can we convert those needing assistance to natural gas and weatherize their homes? That would save money in the long run, both for the family and for Massachusetts.
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Don't forget education on keeping your heat low...it lasts longer if you put on a sweater and keep it low. My friend keeps her heat at 75 and opens the window when she gets too hot in her tshirt...no one ever taught her to conserve.
Unfortunately, some of the people on assistance don't need it. There are layers and layers of help for needy people, like scction 8's, food stamps, health care, etc., and they receive all this help while holding down jobs,so they wind up having more discretionary money to spend than most of us who pay all our own bills do. I believe that the truly needy should receive all the assistance we can give them, but these state agencies need to work together to weed out the people who take unfair advantage.
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they do weed them out. Thats not the problem.
All the public housing has unlimited heat paid for by taxpayers who turn down their thermostats.