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Taxes fund environmental suits - Environmental law firms reap billions in fees to fund lawsuits
The Capital Press ^ | 10/15, 2009 | Mitch Lies

Posted on 10/18/2009 4:46:46 PM PDT by girlangler

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Karen Budd-Falen deserves MAJOR kudos for investigating this and bringing it to the public. This needs to be passed on to congressmen/women, and shouted from the rooftops.

The MSM will NEVER cover this issue.

1 posted on 10/18/2009 4:46:47 PM PDT by girlangler
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To: billhilly; Grammy; Flycatcher; Diana in Wisconsin; jazusamo; george76; SJackson; JustaDumbBlonde; ..

Ping.

I know I am missing some freepers with an interest in this one. Also, hope I am posting in the right forum.


2 posted on 10/18/2009 4:50:18 PM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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It appears that Health Care isnt the only thing that needs Tort reform.


3 posted on 10/18/2009 4:51:01 PM PDT by Venturer
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it disgust me, these lawyers who make so much money leeching off society


4 posted on 10/18/2009 4:55:13 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: girlangler; Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; ...
If you’d like to be on or off this Upper Midwest/outdoors/rural list please FR mail me. And ping me is you see articles of interest.

Thanks girlangler.

It's hard to believe that there are viable multimillion dollar lawsuits out there that no law firm will take, but that appears to be the case.

Thank goodness we have the Federal Government to step in.

John Edwards never imagined this scam, but he or his ilk will catch on.

5 posted on 10/18/2009 4:56:28 PM PDT by SJackson (In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is freedom, In water there is bacteria.)
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The NAZI Lawyers are being paid billions in taxpayer money for their work to destroy the United States.
6 posted on 10/18/2009 4:59:26 PM PDT by YOUGOTIT (I will always be a Soldier)
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I know I am missing some freepers with an interest in this one. Also, hope I am posting in the right forum.

You're fine........I want to post this on a local political site but the first comment posted will be "Bush's fault......"

I guess my argument would be that this type of expenditure from the feds would fall under the radar of the office of the president.

Am I right in this assessment?

7 posted on 10/18/2009 5:02:50 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Who's your Long Legged MacDaddy?)
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This is the main objective of the Democrats left. Make sure no matter what we do they receive money to combat us!


8 posted on 10/18/2009 5:02:55 PM PDT by rocksblues (Sarah and Joe, Real Americans!)
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To: Hot Tabasco

You are likely right about it falling under the radar. However, I want to find out when the “justice funds” were set up, and for what purpose. Who sponsored the legislation to create funds to pay for litigation?

I can see several column ideas in this one.


9 posted on 10/18/2009 5:11:38 PM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: CrappieLuck

ping


10 posted on 10/18/2009 5:14:20 PM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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Thanks for posting this, Girl.

I’ve seen people post that tax dollars are funding lawsuits by enviros in the past but never saw where anyone had researched it like this and nailed it down. This is pathetic and something has to be done to change this. Am book marking your thread.


11 posted on 10/18/2009 5:15:31 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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This is the main objective of the Democrats left. Make sure no matter what we do they receive money to combat us!

rocksblues, "insight+" should be your name!

12 posted on 10/18/2009 5:20:16 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Thanks.

Now we have another link for those ar peta nuts.

Is Rush still a HSU member ? He needs several copies of this.


13 posted on 10/18/2009 5:23:29 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: girlangler

14 posted on 10/18/2009 5:35:40 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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I don’t buy it that the government doesn’t know how much they have paid out to these law firms. Years ago the IRS required EVERYONE paying ANY amount to ANY lawyer to issue a Form 1099 and send it to the IRS. This is because lawyers (being mostly democrats) don’t pay their taxes. Even when they file tax returns they are fraudulent.

At the very least, with the tax bracket most lawyers are in, the government should get almost half of that money back.


15 posted on 10/18/2009 5:43:32 PM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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“If the government had been enforcing the laws during the Bush administration,” he said, “there would be no jobs for nonprofit environmental lawyers.”

Love this quote.

These three organizations were filing lawsuits against resource managers LONG before Bush became president.

I agree, somewhere there has to be an accounting of how many tax dollars have been spent paying off these “environmental” organizations. Remember, every election (congress and presidential) these tax free non-profit orgs endorse their candidates. They ALL endorsed Obama, and Clinton, and every democratic in every race since the 1970s.


16 posted on 10/18/2009 6:51:23 PM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: george76

I was involved with caring for my sick Mom when the news about Rush came out, so didn’t follow it closely.

However, I was amazed he would endorse, or give money to, the HSUS. I thought he’d be a little smarter than that.


17 posted on 10/18/2009 7:13:28 PM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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Brian Smith, a spokesman for Earthjustice, said the foundation counts on those fees in part because it represents groups free of charge.

Nothing was more infuriating to read than this faux pas on the part of one of the leeches, the parasites.

It never occured to him that the money fairy (the American taxpayer), might have some thoughts on that charecterization.

18 posted on 10/18/2009 8:43:37 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Â…he's not America, he's an employee who hasn't risen to minimal expectations.)
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This link is interesting. Appears Earthjustice specializes in filing lawsuits against govt. organizations, and has close ties to the U.N.

http://www.eaglespeak.us/2007/05/lawfare-lawsuits-against-national.html


19 posted on 10/18/2009 9:12:54 PM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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http://epw.senate.gov/repwhitepapers/Political.pdf

POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND
THEIR SUPPORTING FOUNDATIONS
REPORT TO THE CHAIRMAN
SENATOR JAMES M. INHOFE
U.S. SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
MAJORITY STAFF
SEPTEMBER 2004


20 posted on 10/18/2009 9:19:10 PM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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