How to waste your money – let us count the ways (Green Advocacy Groups)

CFP ^ | 6/18/11 | Henry Lamb

[Nachum]

The hot topic in DC these days is cutting spending. Everybody is talking about it, but Rep. Cynthia Lummis from Wyoming is doing something about it. She has introduced a bill (HR1996) to end wasteful spending that should have been stopped years ago. The Government Litigation Savings Act will put an end to some of the ridiculous payments made to GAGs (Green Advocacy Groups) for far too many years.

Here is a summary of legal fees paid to GAGs from your tax dollars: (source)

2003 – 10,595 individual payments totaling $1,081,328,420.00 2004 – 8,161 individual payments totaling $800,450,029.00 2005 – 7,794 individual payments totaling $1,074,131,007.00 2006 – 8,736 individual payments totaling $697,968,132.00 2007 – (first six months only) 6,595 individual payments totaling $1,062,387,142.00 Grand total: 41,881 individual payments totaling $4,716,264,730.00

This outrageous total reflects only the legal fees paid to a handful of GAGs, many of which also receive grants from federal agencies now managed by people who once were executives of GAGs. What a racket. This short video (4:36)(below) barely scratches the surface of the massive “legal” thievery perpetrated by GAGs every day.

[Nachum]

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[Elendur]

barely scratches the surface of the massive “legal” thievery perpetrated by GAGs every day.
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just insane. and often the Government actually helps these parasites sue the Government. and the taxpayer loses on both ends.
thanks for the great info!

[pearlz]

We also pay again because these groups sue public utilities to stop building new facilities based on grave environmental consequences. Funny how after the utility makes a large “donation” to the GAG, all objections disappear. The utility companies just figure this in as the cost of doing business and pass that cost onto the customers.

We pay yet again in college student activity fees. Check out what PIRG and other whacko groups get when you pay student activity fees. What these fees pay for is hard to find, but they are not optional.

[B4Ranch]

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