Posted on 10/04/2014 5:32:50 AM PDT by blam
Perry Chiaramonte
October 04, 2014
A Texas union’s dirty laundry -- aired out in court when workers charged they were cheated out of overtime pay – also shows the labor organization ripped off taxpayers under a $1.3 million contract to sign people up for ObamaCare, a watchdog group is claiming.
Non-profit group Southern United Neighborhoods got a $1.3 million federal grant in 2013 to serve as a "navigator," enrolling people in Affordable Care Act coverage. The group subcontracted with United Labor Unions Local 100, which, according to Cause of Action, paid members less than it billed the government and, in some cases, paid them to recruit union members. The watchdog group discovered the alleged discrepancy in court papers filed by union workers suing the labor organization for unpaid overtime.
“Southern United Neighborhoods and ULU Local 100, both rebranded ACORN entities, present a risk of violating the law – this time by potentially misusing over $1.3 million of taxpayer dollars for union activities instead of enrolling individuals in the Affordable Care Act,” Daniel Epstein, executive director for Cause of Action said to FoxNews.com.
Epstein and his group sent a letter to the federal Health and Human Services Inspector General this week asking that SUN and the union be investigated for fraud.
“Given the amount of federal dollars at issue, the Inspector General should investigate SUN and conduct an audit into the potential misuse of ACA navigator funds,” read the letter.
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Yeah but it is not fair to accuse obama or his minions (the Communist Democrats and their Communist Unions)... “WHY” is it unfair, just listen to MSNBC and the rest of the MSM, for the answer.
Gotta have lotsa “walking around money” if you want to BUY a big vote fraud in the Mid-Terms.
This is but a small, trivial even, example of how the treasury has been looted.
The Democrat party is a criminal enterprise
Every thing with this Chicago thug is a scam
It’s all they know.
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