Monthly Archives: October 2007

Bush Want to Cut the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Mike Bock

Reuters reports that the Bush administration wants to cut a key government program designed to help low income households pay heating bills. The program is called Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and was initiated in 1981 and originally … Continue reading →

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The Big Questions Facing Our Democracy Are Too Important To Allow Political Parties to Decide

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Mike Bock

The biggest questions our representative democracy must answer are: Who should we choose to legislate for us? Who should be our leaders? Political parties should empower our democracy to effectively answer these big questions, but empowering democracy is simply not … Continue reading →

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Why Are We Rich?

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Mike Bock

The sermon I recently heard in a church in an upscale community asked a profound question: “Why are we rich?” The scripture reading preceding the sermon retold Jesus’ story of a rich man who in this life had fared “sumptuously.” … Continue reading →