Weatherization Projects News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Pass weatherization bond to lower energy bills Letter Share No one would haul water in a leaky bucket, but hundreds of thousands of Mainers lose heated air through leaky houses. Air escapes through floors, walls and ceilings, doors and windows, plumbing holes, and fireplaces. Even in reasonably tight homes air leaks may account for 15% to 25% of the heat our furnaces generate in the winter or that our homes gain in the summer. Those leaks can add hundreds of dollars or more to a homeowner’s energy bills annually, and those added costs increase household financial burdens. It is not uncommo...

The child care, for example, the argument is that if a mother cannot afford child care, therefore, she can't work. if the taxpayer subsidizes that child care, the mother can get a job. eventually make enough money to no longer have to have that child care. >> bill: look, none of this theory is bad. it's just a matter of bankrupting the nation. $6,500 for weatherization projects. what's that? >> so if somebody has a home, they can apply to the state to have the state come in and make their home more efficient for energy. they can get insulation. they can get a new roof and things of that nature...

And why people need them. the child care, for example, the argument is that if a mother cannot afford child care, therefore, she can't work. if the taxpayer subsidizes that child care, the mother can get a job. eventually make enough money to no longer have to have that child care. >> bill: look, none of this theory is bad. it's just a matter of bankrupting the nation. $6,500 for weatherization projects. what's that? >> so if somebody has a home, they can apply to the state to have the state come in and make their home more efficient for energy. they can get insulation. they can get a new roof...

The nation. $6,500 for weatherization projects. what is that? >> they can apply to the state to have the state come in and make the home more efficient for energy. get insulation and new roof and things of that nature up to $6,500. >> bill: free. >> absolutely free. a grant. >> bill: the roof doesn't work well or windows need to be caulked the state will come in and do it to the tune of $6,500. they will also pay for the phones. cell phone up to $480 a year. $230 for a land line. so if you are under a certain income in the commonwealth. >> and those programs are. >> who pays for that, state or...

The nation. $6,500 for weatherization projects. what is that? >> they can apply to the state to have the state come in and make the home more efficient for energy. get insulation and new roof and things of that nature up to $6,500. >> bill: free. >> absolutely free. a grant. >> bill: the roof doesn't work well or windows need to be caulked the state will come in and do it to the tune of $6,500. they will also pay for the phones. cell phone up to $480 a year. $230 for a land line. so if you are under a certain income in the commonwealth. >> and those programs are. >> who pays for that, state or...