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riversedge

(69,731 posts)
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 06:10 PM Feb 2020

Trump Reportedly Trying to Siphon $37 Million From Heating Assistance for the Poor to Fund Coronavir

Source: common dreams




Trump Reportedly Trying to Siphon $37 Million From Heating Assistance for the Poor to Fund Coronavirus Response



Wednesday, February 26, 2020

"Because if we have to prevent the spread of an infectious disease, we might as well take the opportunity to make some poor families freeze."



Critics are denouncing it as an unconscionable attack on the nation's poor after reporting revealed President Donald Trump has floated plans to shift $37 million away from a federal program that provides heating assistance for low-income families to help fund the White House's response to the growing coronavirus threat.

The Washington Post's Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman reported Tuesday that the White House informed congressional Democrats that it wants to transfer "$37 million to emergency funding for the coronavirus response from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, which funds heating for poor families."

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House Democrats, according to the Post, view the LIHEAP cut as a non-starter that could further delay the federal government's response to the coronavirus outbreak. Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday that the virus could spread rapidly across the U.S. and urged Americans to prepare for "significant disruption in their daily lives."

"After dithering for weeks as the coronavirus spread around the world, the Trump administration has now decided to pay for its belated response by cutting funding for heating assistance for low-income families," Evan Hollander, a spokesman for House Appropriations Committee Democrats, told the Post.

"House Democrats won't allow the president to shut off families' heat in the middle of winter," added Hollander. "We will craft an emergency supplemental that treats this pandemic seriously and provides robust funding without stealing from other important priorities."...........................

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Pelosi Statement on President Trump’s Budget Request on Coronavirus Response



https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/22420-0


February 24, 2020
Press Release

San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on the Trump Administration’s request for supplemental funds to combat the coronavirus crisis:

“Americans need a coordinated, fully-funded, whole-of-government response to keep them and their loved ones safe. The President’s request for coronavirus response funding is long overdue and completely inadequate to the scale of this emergency.

“For almost two years, the Trump Administration has left critical positions in charge of managing pandemics at the National Security Council and the Department of Homeland Security vacant. His most recent budget called for slashing funding for the Centers for Disease Control, which is on the frontlines of this emergency. And now, the President is compounding our vulnerabilities by seeking to ransack funds still needed to keep Ebola in check.

“Weeks after the Trump Budget called for slashing the CDC budget during this coronavirus epidemic, this undersized funding request shows an ongoing failure to understand urgent public health needs.

“Our state and local governments need serious funding to be ready to respond effectively to any outbreak in the U.S. The President should not be raiding money that Congress has appropriated for other life-or-death public health priorities.

“The House will swiftly advance a strong, strategic funding package that fully addresses the scale and seriousness of this public health crisis.”



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Trump Reportedly Trying to Siphon $37 Million From Heating Assistance for the Poor to Fund Coronavir (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2020 OP
take the $$ dweller Feb 2020 #1
He already stole that from the military. Chellee Feb 2020 #3
That was my first reaction PatSeg Feb 2020 #5
Well, Newest Reality Feb 2020 #2
It's doubly hazardous now since the warmth will "kill the virus". CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #8
For sure. Newest Reality Feb 2020 #9
Maybe the orange makeup is supposed to cover those 3 sixes on him. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #12
And I'm sure he will get his cuts because, well, fascism has its perks for capitalists. nt yaesu Feb 2020 #4
This is how his "mind" works... BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #6
undo your fucking tax cuts 1st asshole. pansypoo53219 Feb 2020 #7
The plan is take money from things Democrats care about ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #10
Just raid DoD's money again DeminPennswoods Feb 2020 #11

Chellee

(2,086 posts)
3. He already stole that from the military.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 06:31 PM
Feb 2020

We're trying to send that money back to them. How about we cancel one of his golf trips.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
2. Well,
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 06:17 PM
Feb 2020

He is just itching to take things away from people who are in need and any excuse will do. Not having adequate heating can be a hazard to health and even deadly, but shivering kids and seniors are expendable like a choice has to be made. Your country or "those people".

Scrooge and the Grinch cannot hold a candle to The Trump. He's a mean old man and the spite and anger he has for those with very little bursts through whenever it gets the chance. It is not an apathy for the poor, it is a rather intense animosity. Who knows what he would do if given the opportunity.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
4. And I'm sure he will get his cuts because, well, fascism has its perks for capitalists. nt
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 06:38 PM
Feb 2020

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BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
6. This is how his "mind" works...
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 06:44 PM
Feb 2020

he is still saying that the warmer Spring weather will weaken the virus naturally, therefore if it is warmer out you won't need heat AND the virus will already be weakened so you won't catch it anyway. Suuuuuure.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
10. The plan is take money from things Democrats care about ...
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 02:53 AM
Feb 2020

That way if shit gets bad, he can blame Democrats for fighting him on the funds.

Choosing Pence to head the effort is similarly cynical. He wants someone to blame if shit goes south.

Dude is transparent as fuck.

DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
11. Just raid DoD's money again
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 04:01 AM
Feb 2020

If they can give $s for a border wall, they have more than they need. Maybe they'll have to cancel a few consulting contracts with outfits like Hamilton-Booz or CACI or the other companies that employ retired DoD civilians and military that provide little to no benefit.

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