Hundreds line up to apply for heating assistance

Macon Telegraph ^ | 12/4/2012 | AMY LEIGH WOMACK

[from occupied ga]

Hine with her portable DVD player wating lin line for the money she helped the government steal from you and me. If this a$$hole brok into our houses and stole directly from us we'd shoot her. (Southern speak, "shoot her dead.") but instead we pay our taxes and work harder to support the ever growing legions of leeches like her.

And I can't help wondering who, Tompkins, the New Yorker living in GA voted for. Any guesses?

Isn't it funny these people are not too disabled to wait in line, but are too disabled to work for a living?

And this really annoys me: Hines lives on a fixed income

Who doesn't live on a fixed income. Can any of you go out and get an extra ten or twenty perct? I know I can't.

[Brownie63]

Heating assistance? I live about 90 miles away from Macon. We haven’t turned our heaters on yet.

[MNDude]

“Hines ate salad and hard-boiled eggs from a cooler. She kept entertained by watching “Blade,” “Saw III” and a Harry Potter movie on a portable DVD player.”

[ClearCase_guy]

Economic Opportunity Council accepted applications from the first 250 people in the line

It would have been kind of fun to get 250 rich people to line up good and early.

"Denied. Your income disqualifies you."
"Denied. Your income disqualifies you."
"Denied. Your income disqualifies you."

The county could save a lot of money if none of the accepted applications could result in an award. But of course they would change the rules after the fact and just find people they could give money to.

[txrefugee]

The meteorologists are telling us that this winter may be even warmer than last winter, thanks to “climate change.” So why do these people get $350/mo. for free stuff? That money is paid by taxpayers, some of whom are paying taxes on their unemployment checks. Shameful.

[junta]

Hate to tell her and other Obamunists, but the elections is over and the money boys are gonna cut off Obama’s stash. Those student loans to deadbeats, only if Bernanke prints, stimulus to pay for welfare costs, the same.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

She kept entertained by watching “Blade,” “Saw III” and a Harry Potter movie on a portable DVD player.

If we didn't pay for her heating, rent, food, etc., this poor woman wouldn't be able to afford a portable DVD player and all those great movies. So lay off, you evil conservatives!

[Pining_4_TX]

Economic Opportunity Council? How much does it cost the taxpayers to operate that? How many paid employees and directors, etc.? It isn’t just the moochers, it’s the entire bureaucracy that it takes to run these wasteful programs.

Also, did you notice that these moochers didn’t even bother to dispose of their trash properly? They just tossed stuff on the church grounds. Not only are they entitled to other people’s money, but they are entitled to have somebody else pick up after them. Reminds me of a story a guy told who had volunteered to help out Katrina victims who were staying at a camp. A woman called to have somebody bring clean sheets to her room because her young son had wet the bed. When the guy brought the sheets, she wanted him to change the bed for her. That’s when he quit.

[from occupied ga]

Hines ate salad and hard-boiled eggs from a cooler. She kept entertained by watching “Blade,” “Saw III” and a Harry Potter movie on a portable DVD player

Yes. Isn't that special?

[from occupied ga]

it’s the entire bureaucracy that it takes to run these wasteful programs.

I count them with the moochers. It seems that since the emperor of leeches was re-elected his subjects have grown bold.

[kabar]

.” So why do these people get $350/mo. for free stuff?

I didn't realize it was per month. I didn't see that in the article. $310 to $350 a month is a huge amount--probably two to three times the average heating bill, certainly if you heat with gas.

I live in one of the top three richest counties in America and my bill in the middle of winter is only $125 a month for gas. And VA is colder than GA. What kind of prices must these people be paying in GA to receive monthly payments that high?

[Pining_4_TX]

True dat, as they would say. Wonder what they do when the host dries up?

[dragnet2]

Hine with her portable DVD player wating lin line for the money she helped the government steal from you and me.

Such a lavish life style..Spoiled Americans!

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[ClearCase_guy]

I’ve seen poor people go through a cold winter’s day here in New England with their windows open. The furnace is blasting out the heat, and the only way to be comfortable is to open up some windows. Doesn’t cost ‘em anything, so why not?

[Tennessee Nana]

She kept entertained by watching “Blade,” “Saw III” and a Harry Potter movie on a portable DVD player.
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Neal Boortz was talking about this today...

If she could afford the DVD and movies why didnt she pay her own heating bill ???

[from occupied ga]

I don’t think it is per month. I think that sum is for the season. Either way they shouldn’t be getting a penny.

[from occupied ga]

If she could afford the DVD and movies why didnt she pay her own heating bill ???

Kind of the question tht I'd like to see answered too.

[Tennessee Nana]

Each person approved for the assistance will receive between $310 and $350, depending on income and family size,
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DUH

Why doesnt it just depend on the amount thats owed on the electric bill ???

Why arent they required to provide last months electric bill and then the authorities pay that for them...

and NO MONEY is given to them ...

Thats the way United Way does it and it works for them...

My electric bill has NEVER been $300+...

Anyone in Georgia pay $300+ ???

[wbill]

"Too Disabled" to work, but yet still "abled" enough to sit outside in line overnight, eating and watching DVDs on her portable DVD player.

As a side note, I don't have a portable DVD player. Hard for me to afford the - what, 100 bucks or so? - that one costs, as well as not needing a portable time-waster, anyway.

[from occupied ga]

That's $39.95 (if that is indeed what she was watching) that SOMEONE ELSE WORKED FOR, but was freed up by her not having to spend it on necessities. Screw human tapeworms like her. The produce nothing, yet the bleed those of us who actually work for a living.

There are only two reasons that someone is poor

1. Misfortune - like getting a severe expensive disease or
2. Irresponsible behavior - like not working

IF she's well enough to wait in line for three days, then she sure as hell is well enough to work for a living.