Posted on 06/19/2009 2:57:41 PM PDT by Mozilla
The cynical, politically motivated, and apparently illegal firing of AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin shocks the conscience.
I'm not going to examine here the circumstances surrounding the termination of Walpin but I do wish to remind readers that AmeriCorps has long been ripe for abuse.
ACORN took advantage of the federal agency a decade ago. As I wrote previously, ACORN, which is now notorious for its commingling of funds within its network of affiliates, used government resources to promote legislation.
A congressional report noted that there was "apparent cross-over funding between ACORN, a political advocacy group and ACORN Housing Corp. (AHC), a non profit, AmeriCorp [sic] grantee" that is a major affiliate of ACORN.
The report noted that, "AmeriCorps members of AHC raised funds for ACORN, performed voter registration activities, and gave partisan speeches. In one instance, an AmeriCorps member was directed by ACORN staff to assist the [Clinton] White House in preparing a press conference in support of legislation."
Aware of this kind of abuse, earlier this year Sen. David Vitter (R-Louisiana) tried to block ACORN from using AmeriCorps funding to promote its own political objectives, but ACORN allies, including Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland), helped to defeat Vitter's legislation.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
Beck just showed a very nice piece to help demonstrate Walpin’s credibility.
I just hope then man can stay alive.
He should allow himself to be deposed under oath, with a judge and on video... that ‘might’ be cheap life insurance for him.
AmeriCorp is just a way for Democrats to steal taxpayer money and illegally funnel it to political causes. It is a huge scam, and people should be outraged.
Just watch. This will go nowhere.
Only because the GOP has no spine. This is a scared cow for the Democrats. They will do anything to keep money flowing to these organizations. All these programs do is footwork for the DNC.
We better figure a way to stop them. They're using our tax dollars to destroy us.
Not enough people care that their leaders are corrupt. People have to be made aware that we do have a choice—a responsibility—to demand accountability.
And what are we doing about it? Nothing.
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