Bachmann: Taxpayers Footing Bill for ACORN
Bachmann: Taxpayers Footing Bill for ACORN
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:15 PM
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/michele_bachmann_acorn/20...
Rep. Michele Bachmann tells Newsmax that taxpayers are being forced to "grease the wheels" for the activist group ACORN by providing it with federal funds even though the organization has been indicted for voter registration fraud.
The Minnesota Republican has introduced the Taxpayer Protection and Anti-Fraud Act, which would bar any organization that has been indicted for violating federal or state election laws, or employs someone indicted for violating those laws, from receiving taxpayer funds.
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That would cut off federal funds for The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), which has been accused of paying its voter registration recruiters based on the number of people they sign up.
Newsmax.TV's Ashley Martella asked Bachmann about her bill.
"The act is based on some very common sense principles that I think resonate with a lot of Americans right now," Bachmann said.
"What we're trying to do is raise the bar a little bit higher for accessing taxpayer funds than to be indicted for voter fraud. My opinion is that receiving taxpayer funds is a privilege. It's not a right. And right now taxpayer money has been going to an organization that has used it in a way that has put itself in the crosshairs with the public trust.
"They've been indicted not just in one state or two states or three states, but now they've been indicted and in some cases convicted in over a dozen states. It certainly seems at this point that the taxpayers can do a little bit better with this money."
Martella observed that the Barack Obama campaign gave ACORN $800,000 before the election, and now there are billions in the so-called stimulus bill available for ACORN and similar groups. He asked how ACORN can be stopped from getting this public money.
"It's very difficult to stop them if the taxpayer is greasing the wheels for them to be able to do their work," Bachmann responded.
"Since 1994, ACORN has been the recipient of over $53 million in direct federal money. Now that Barack Obama is president, ACORN will have access to over $8.5 billion, between the stimulus and the budget plan. That's an enormous amount of money for an organization that is under indictment in over 12 states.
"Our bill does nothing to take away the due process rights of ACORN. They still can have their day in court. They can still be adjudicated.
"All we're saying is that if an organization would choose to receive federal tax money, they need to have a higher bar set in order to be able to access that money.
"Now it's time for Congress to choose. Congress needs to decide whose side are they going to be on. Are they going to be on the side of the taxpayer or will they be on the side of ACORN? It's time for choosing."
Ha ha ha
we are not only being screwed, but we are paying for that pleasure.
Guess you know what that makes Acorn....LOL
If we are forced to keep watering...
that ACORN, imagine what a tyrannical tree will sprout.
The ficus tree will send out it's roots to strangle nearby trees as it competes for sunlight and space. This little ACORN has proven to be the same. Sal Azinsky dreamed up some devious tactics for crowd control.
Assert Your Authority
Assert Your Authority
Poor acorn is doomed!
This is a perfect issue for the GOP. They can kill two birds with one stone in that they can stop funding for Acorn; a leftists activist group, and in the meanwhile they can claim that they saved the tax payers money from the evil democrats... playing politics.... I do like when Bachmann gets in Bernenke's grill though, she really does piss them off.
In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
~Mark Twain
Always remember:
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." ~ Samuel Adams
Stay IRATE, remain TIRELESS, and set those BRUSH FIRES everywhere you go and in all you do!
She's still somewhat of a war hawk, but
on domestic issues she sounds more in line with Dr. Paul everyday.
"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."
-Alexis de Tocqueville
She is also a proud member
of Ron Paul's Liberty caucus, where also foreign policy specialists like Jim Bovard and Michael Scheuer spoke, so she may be turning around also on foreign policy. Remember she did not vote for the Iraq war, as she only became a member of congress in 2007.
That is because...
He is the teacher...and she is the student...
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