Episode 282 • • 22:27 - 25:48
282: GaGa & Little Boy
Jon Stewart Challenges Goolsbee on Heating Oil Subsidies
Jon Stewart confronts Austin Goolsbee over proposed cuts to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). While Goolsbee argues that oil prices are lower than the 2008 peak, Stewart points out that the home heating oil index is actually higher. The hosts praise Stewart for catching the economist in a factual error regarding the cost of living for poor families.