Posted on 09/21/2011 1:14:18 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
In 2010, a federal law was passed making it illegal to use taxpayer monies to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or any organization with ties to ACORN. Yet this August, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded Affordable Housing Centers of America (AHCOA) a $300,000 grant.
AHCOA was previously named Acorn Housing Corporation and still occupies the same Chicago office and address. They are also using the same Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number to apply for and receive taxpayer funded grants. DUNS numbers are unique to specific organizations and location. For AHCOA to be legally using the same DUNS code, it legally has to be the same organization.
However, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ruled that AHCOA separated itself from ACORN and that under the law is no longer considered to be an affiliate or allied with ACORN and therefore can legally apply for and receive taxpayer monies.
According to the executive director or the Freedom Through Justice Foundation, Dan Epstein, the GAO’s interpretation of the law is ‘twisted’, saying: “The recent grant of $300,000 of taxpayer dollars to the Affordable Housing Centers of America reflects the degree to which the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has ignored the will of the Congress and the people it represents to stop wasting federal funds on organizations which have a history of mismanagement and fraud, ACORN, its affiliates and subsidiaries, represent the kind of fraud that put all Americans in this economic recession in the first place.”
Realizing that AHCOA is a Chicago based organization and Chicago being the home of one Barrack H. Obama, it’s no surprise that the current administration would try to find a way to divert taxpayer money to AHCOA. ACORN officials and their affiliates have not only been involved with fraud, but they have always been strong supporters of Obama and he still has ties with them.
Chicago politics has had a long history of corruption and graft. It seems that history is repeating itself only this time the corruption and graft extends all the way to the White House.
Response: Of course!
Comment: ACORN and related organizations will be one of the factors insuring the reelection of "The Divine One." Already their members are being trained in the art and science of ballot manufacture and ballot box "stuffing."
I just searched on Thomas for the phrase, "Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now" for all enrolled bills sent to the President in the 111th Congress. There are several prohibitions for funding to ACORN and related organizations in the appropriations bills for FY 2010 (ending September 30, 2010).
I could not find any prohibition for funding to ACORN in the FY 2011 Omnibus bill that the Republicans passed earlier this year.
I also can not find any prohibition for funding to ACORN in any appropriations bills for FY 2012 (7 have already passed).
In short, the ban on ACORN funding expired September 30, 2010, and it has not been exteneded.
How much of that money will find its way into Democrat war chests?
Shocking.
Duh!
I hate to burst your bubble, but this article said nothing about breaking laws, it just showed how the obummer admin continues to waste precious taxpayer taxes for illegal activities by illegal organizations.
Seems like that is exactly the opposite of what the actual article here is trying to say. Yet, the passage here in my post is the truth. Congress Authorized this spending, and placed no restrictions on it with regard to funding ACORN or any of it's affiliates.
Taxpayer Monies
InIllegally Funding ACORN Affiliate2010February of 2011, a federal law was passed making itillegal to use taxpayer monies to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or any organization with ties to ACORN.YetBased on this law, in August, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded Affordable Housing Centers of America (AHCOA) a $300,000 grant.
Be sure to thank your Republican Congress Critters and Leadership for funding ACORN for us again. I'll be writing a letter to my RINO Ruling Class Representative about this. He voted to fund ACORN. He may have voted to fund ACORN next year, too. I have to check on that.
What did Obama know and when did he know it.....
Obama knew that the law prohibiting funding to ACORN or ACORN affiliates expired September 30, 2010. See my post #8 for the corrected headline and article text.
gavjoe wrote:
What did Obama know and when did he know it.....
These Republicans in the House have been so good at preventing fraud and corruption.
They are getting ready for more voter fraud to elect Zero.
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