H.R. 1388 GIVE ACT, Hidden Billions, to be Voted tomorrow

Congressional Budget Office ^ | March 17, 2009 | Peter Fontaine, Ass. Dir.Budget Analysis

[joygrace]

H.R. 1388 The Give Act, CBO Costs

This is ONLY a 4-page travesty with a spending graph on page 2.
HR1388 is A TRAGEDY and it is Unconstitutional.

• ”CBO estimated those authorization levels based on historical program costs for similar activities, anticipated inflation, and the bill's stated goal of achieving 250,000 participants by 2014.” So what percent of the population will 250,000 represent????
  
• “Programs funded under NCSA and DVSA received appropriations of $1.1 billion for fiscal year 2009, including $200 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).” Oh another $1.1 billion “small” item BHO and his Socialist Misfit team SLIPPED into The infamous Porkulus/Spendulus Bill!!!
  
• Under H.R. 1388, specified authorizations for 2010 would total $472 million.
  Specifically, the bill would authorize the appropriation of the following amounts for 2010:
  -Foster Grandparent Program ($115 million), I can’t even visualize this one?????
  -VISTA ($100 million),
  -Learn and Serve America ($97 million),
  - Retire and Senior Volunteer Program ($70 million),
  -Senior Companion Program ($55 million), and
  - National Civilian Community Corps ($35 million).
  
• CBO estimates that implementing those 6 programs from above would cost $1.9 billion ,2010- 2014
  
• INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE-SECTOR IMPACT
  H.R. 1388 contains NO intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in UMRA. Translation??? Really?
  
• CBO estimates state, local, and tribal governments could receive grants more than $4 billion over the next five years. Repeat..$4 billion!!!
  I am not up on UMRA so some of this is a bit “Greek” to me.
  
• Indefinite Authorizations.!!!!!Hidden Billions. CBO estimates those indefinite authorizations would total $840 million in fiscal year 2010 and would rise to nearly $2 billion by 2014.

[joygrace]

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[Kackikat]

This is the MANDATORY volunteerism bill that is to set up camps that will evaluate if the draft needs to be reinstated, and of course the reports from the demrats who run it will be promoted said draft for the Obamamites.
WE must pray to stop this, and write your congressman to vote no...this is an ABOMINATION!

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Add me to the ping list on this, please. Thanks!

[eeevil conservative]

please add me!!

[patriot08]

Outrageous!!
MY GOD!! WHERE DOES IT ALL END???

[joygrace]

Hello-

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[joygrace]

Hello-

You are added to the HR 1388 Bill, “The Give” Act Ping List.

Updated HR 1388, Ping List is listed on my FreeRepublic Home Page. FYI. Your name should be there by the end of the evening or first thing in the AM.

Don’t worry I won’t PING without you. Thanks for your interest in this Bill.

Welcome aboard.

Joygrace

[rgr]

take your FAMILY money and give all of to world

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Thanks so much! <3

[Las Vegas Ron]

Thanks for the ping, joygrace

Damn these people are relentless....they're really asking for it.

[blueyon]

PLEASE ADD ME TO PING LIST....Also what are the age limits to this bill?

[DTogo]

Revolution and/or civil war. Ready?

[patriot08]

Revolution and/or civil war. Ready?
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BRING IT ON!!!

[boxlunch]

Ping!!

[Nowhere Man]

Revolution and/or civil war. Ready?

Here's an oldie but a goodie....

GOVT.SYS Corrupted, run GUN.COM? (Y/Y)
GUN.COM not found, execute BASEBALL.BAT (Y/Y)

[sarah p]

Mandatory volunteerism is an oxymoron.

I guess if they called what what it actually is, forced labor, it would sound too much like slavery. Do they really want to go there?

[Docs Galore]

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[Docs Galore]

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