Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on March 5, 2009

By Vicki McClure Davidson * Frugal Café Blog Zone

Have you ever gone to someone’s house and they want to feed you, even if you’re not hungry? Very charitable, to be sure, but embarrassing and well, a trifle annoying. It’s usually older female relatives, like your chipper Aunt Beulah (“C’mon, dear, you will love a bowl of my Hungarian goulash!”) who force food upon you when you least want it.

Now, it’s Obama’s porkulus guys (slash HUD) who are playing the role of Aunt Beulah. But it’s not a bowl of goulash they’re forcing on you. It’s money. A lot of porkulus money from Obama’s gigantic stimulus bill, funded by American taxpayers.

The suburban town of Union is being forced to take $578,661 in federal Recovery Act funding for a non-existent homeless and shelter problem. From Michelle Malkin’s blog this morning:

Town: Um, we don’t need porkulus money for homeless
By Michelle Malkin • March 5, 2009 09:45 AM

Gee, how many times do you think this scenario is being played out across the country:

The Town of Union is getting $578,661 in federal Recovery Act funding for a homeless problem that may not exist within its borders.

The money is coming from the federal Housing and Urban Development program to pay for homeless prevention and emergency shelter programs.

Union did not request the money and does not currently have homeless programs in place in the town to administer such funds, said town Supervisor John Bernardo.

“We were surprised,” Bernardo said. “We’ve never been a recipient before.”

Bernardo said he isn’t aware of any homeless issue in the largely suburban town.

For now, Bernardo said he and other town officials are looking into why the town got the homeless prevention money and how – and even if – the money can be used by the town.

Glantz said the money can be used for people who may be in danger of losing their jobs and their residences.

“We hope and encourage these new grantees to develop creative strategies for the funding,” Glantz said of Union’s homeless grant.

“Creative” = Do whatever the hell you want with the money. Who wants an iPhone? Yippee!

At least with Aunt Beulah, you can have her wrap up the goulash to take home and eat later. What is our government thinking? The lack of frugality and responsibility of this administration is alarming and kinda hilarious (if only it wasn’t OUR government, which regrettably, it is). We can’t make this stuff up, kids…

(The creative spoof on Obama’s logo, top left corner of this post, is part of an informal Photoshop contest going on at Malkin’s site; this one was created by Anonymous. It says SO much.)

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