One in Five Americans Borrow to Heat Homes This Winter

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One in Five Americans Must Borrow to Heat Homes This Winter

By Paddy , Cliff Schecter's Blog

http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/http://cliffschecter.bravenewfilms.org/blog/71071/

If you're elderly or have no credit? Bundle up baby!!!

For perhaps as many as 27 million American adults, keeping warm this winter will mean borrowing money and 20 million will use credit cards to be able to afford their heating bills, according to a CreditCards.com poll.

Nearly 12 percent of Americans say they will need to borrow money to pay winter heating bills; 9 percent will need to use credit cards to be able to afford their heating bills.

The poll, commissioned by CreditCards.com and conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media, surveyed 1,004 randomly selected American adults by telephone Dec. 7-9, 2007 to gauge their attitudes about energy costs in 2008.

A majority say they expect oil and gasoline prices to get worse in 2008.

You could always buy your relatives a heating bill gift certificate!!!

Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like keeping Granny from freezing to death.

Paddy is a regular contributor to Cliff Schecter.com.

[Elspeth]

1. Really important.

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[tabasco]

2. Welcome to republican America.

Looking more like Somalia every day.

Thanks republican voters!

[Double T]

3. I've thought the very same thing; the US will one day be another........

Somalia. The neocon's destruction has worked very well.

[madrchsod]

4. cry babies....don`t you people realize there is a war on terror

to fight and the recent 70 billion sacrifice for our security is worth the inconvenience of being cold.....


god is this country fucked up....

70 fucking billion dollars could insulate thousand upon thousands of homes and apartments across this country.

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6. LOL**** You're right - if they werent stealing our money for wars we could feed and house everyone

across this country and across this planet.

[silverojo]

5. This is why I support Edwards

He talks about people like this constantly, while the other candidates ignore them.

1992: "It's the economy, stupid."
2007: "It's the poor and middle class, stupid."

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7. Reality kick

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