Comments on: ACORN’s Taxpayer Funding Kicks Back in on Halloween… Congress, What’s Up with the “Trick AND Treat” of Our Tax Dollars? (video) Update: Funds Halted for 50 More Days http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/2009/10/29/acorns-taxpayer-funding-kicks-back-in-on-halloween-congress-whats-up-with-the-trick-and-treat-of-our-tax-dollars-video/ Where it's chic to be cheap... Conservative social & political commentary, with frugality mixed in Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:31:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AFVET http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/2009/10/29/acorns-taxpayer-funding-kicks-back-in-on-halloween-congress-whats-up-with-the-trick-and-treat-of-our-tax-dollars-video/comment-page-1/#comment-13806 AFVET Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:52:03 +0000 http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/?p=71050#comment-13806 I.m very skeptical on any attempts to defund acorn in any way shape or form. With the 2010 elections coming up, do you think for a moment that acorn would be kneecapped by the lack of funding? The investigations on acorn need to proceed to the level of absolutely shutting them down, however, with the shell game that goes on within these organizations, I won't trust anything I hear. I guarantee there will be attempted corruption in the election process in 2010. The libs have too much to lose, and the conservatives have everything to gain. I.m very skeptical on any attempts to defund acorn in any way shape or form.
With the 2010 elections coming up, do you think for a moment that acorn would be kneecapped by the lack of funding?
The investigations on acorn need to proceed to the level of absolutely shutting them down, however, with the shell game that goes on within these organizations, I won’t trust anything I hear.
I guarantee there will be attempted corruption in the election process in 2010.
The libs have too much to lose, and the conservatives have everything to gain.

]]> By: admin http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/2009/10/29/acorns-taxpayer-funding-kicks-back-in-on-halloween-congress-whats-up-with-the-trick-and-treat-of-our-tax-dollars-video/comment-page-1/#comment-13739 admin Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:02:45 +0000 http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/?p=71050#comment-13739 Stan, like you, I'm skeptical. But this does shed new light on the issue. I'm usually pretty sharp about detecting "GOP rumors," and this didn't have the smell of one, but I could be wrong. Lord knows I'm wrong more often than I would like. So could Rep. Bachmann and others. So, I'll keep my eyes open, and readers, please do so, too. Keep us abreast of this situation. As far as the statement in your Schumer letter that reads, "You will be happy to know that the federal recovery bill did not give money to ACORN," I do believe this statement to currently be true, since a hefty portion of the porkulus bill has yet to be distributed/allocated. However, ACORN, based on my understanding of the language in the bill, could receive between 5 and 8 billion dollars from the stimulus/porkulus bill. At present, it has not. It, and its "baby ACORN" offspring do receive federal funds from other federal pockets. I really appreciate you giving this input, Stan. Would hate for my Halloween to be ruined with the sound of distant cackling of Bertha Lewis, roaring with glee that ACORN is back in the dough and at the taxpayers' expense. We'll just have to see what happens on October 31, 2009 at midnight. Stan, like you, I’m skeptical. But this does shed new light on the issue.

I’m usually pretty sharp about detecting “GOP rumors,” and this didn’t have the smell of one, but I could be wrong. Lord knows I’m wrong more often than I would like. So could Rep. Bachmann and others. So, I’ll keep my eyes open, and readers, please do so, too. Keep us abreast of this situation.

As far as the statement in your Schumer letter that reads, “You will be happy to know that the federal recovery bill did not give money to ACORN,” I do believe this statement to currently be true, since a hefty portion of the porkulus bill has yet to be distributed/allocated. However, ACORN, based on my understanding of the language in the bill, could receive between 5 and 8 billion dollars from the stimulus/porkulus bill. At present, it has not. It, and its “baby ACORN” offspring do receive federal funds from other federal pockets.

I really appreciate you giving this input, Stan. Would hate for my Halloween to be ruined with the sound of distant cackling of Bertha Lewis, roaring with glee that ACORN is back in the dough and at the taxpayers’ expense. We’ll just have to see what happens on October 31, 2009 at midnight.

]]> By: Stan S. http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/2009/10/29/acorns-taxpayer-funding-kicks-back-in-on-halloween-congress-whats-up-with-the-trick-and-treat-of-our-tax-dollars-video/comment-page-1/#comment-13737 Stan S. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:55:32 +0000 http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/?p=71050#comment-13737 Vicki: Posted on "Gateway Pundit" my recent exchange with Sen. Charles Schumer (D/NY)--at least I think he was on the other end of the line. I'm skeptical. Nevertheless, your readers might find it instructive to hear what Schumer says about this ACORN funding issue. Here, I'm more than skeptical. Best regards Stan S. NYC * * * Well, Jim, the left’s political plot thickens. I wrote Senator Charles “Chuck” Schumer (D/NY) just a few days ago, asking why funding to ACORN will resume Halloween night, 12:01AM. . . . The opposition says this a “Republican rumor.” And the opposition to the opposition says the Congress “buried” in the “stimulus” money for ACORN. The good Senator himself gave me yet another take. Perhaps it’s a form letter sent by some Schumer apparatchik, since it addresses me as “Senator” and refers to issues my e-mail never mentioned. I did not write about the legislation he cites, nor say, in any form, “federal funding must be spent carefully and responsibly” (makes me sound somewhat like a milquetoast). My comments were more incisive; I did mention the nexus between ACORN and criminality. Here’s what he wrote. What do you think? * * * Dear Senator S—: Thank you for writing and expressing your support for legislation that would prohibit the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) from receiving federal money included in the recovery bill and administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). I agree that federal funding must be spent carefully and responsibly. You will be happy to know that the federal recovery bill did not give money to ACORN. In fact, if organizations such as ACORN want to receive federal funds, they must apply to HUD for specific projects and compete against other organizations for that money. Moreover, in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill I voted in support of an amendment that strips ACORN any access to available federal funding. Again, thank you for taking the time to contact me about this important issue. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future if I can ever be of assistance to you on this, or any other matter. Sincerely, Charles E. Schumer United States Senator Vicki: Posted on “Gateway Pundit” my recent exchange with Sen. Charles Schumer (D/NY)–at least I think he was on the other end of the line. I’m skeptical. Nevertheless, your readers might find it instructive to hear what Schumer says about this ACORN funding issue. Here, I’m more than skeptical.

Best regards
Stan S.
NYC

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Well, Jim, the left’s political plot thickens. I wrote Senator Charles “Chuck” Schumer (D/NY) just a few days ago, asking why funding to ACORN will resume Halloween night, 12:01AM. . . .

The opposition says this a “Republican rumor.” And the opposition to the opposition says the Congress “buried” in the “stimulus” money for ACORN. The good Senator himself gave me yet another take. Perhaps it’s a form letter sent by some Schumer apparatchik, since it addresses me as “Senator” and refers to issues my e-mail never mentioned. I did not write about the legislation he cites, nor say, in any form, “federal funding must be spent carefully and responsibly” (makes me sound somewhat like a milquetoast). My comments were more incisive; I did mention the nexus between ACORN and criminality. Here’s what he wrote. What do you think?

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Dear Senator S—:

Thank you for writing and expressing your support for legislation that would prohibit the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) from receiving federal money included in the recovery bill and administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). I agree that federal funding must be spent carefully and responsibly.

You will be happy to know that the federal recovery bill did not give money to ACORN. In fact, if organizations such as ACORN want to receive federal funds, they must apply to HUD for specific projects and compete against other organizations for that money.

Moreover, in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill I voted in support of an amendment that strips ACORN any access to available federal funding.

Again, thank you for taking the time to contact me about this important issue. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future if I can ever be of assistance to you on this, or any other matter.

Sincerely,

Charles E. Schumer
United States Senator

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