Why is President Obama apparently defying federal law by funding
ACORN?
Judicial Watch discovered that the Obama administration is
flouting the will of Congress by giving federal taxpayer money to
ACORN.
Obama’s Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) gave a
$79,819 grant to the largest branch of the ACORN tree, ACORN
Housing Corp. (AHC). AHC filed papers last year legally
changing its name to Affordable Housing Centers of America (AHCOA).
It’s the same old organization with a brand new ACORN-free
name.
Worse yet, the grant funds a political agitation and
indoctrination program. Here’s HUD’s euphemistic description of the
program:
Education and Outreach Initiative grants
(EOI) - HUD awarded $6.8 million to organizations
that educate the public and housing providers about their rights
and obligations under federal, state, and local fair housing laws.
Groups will also conduct fair lending workshops, community
meetings, and individual counseling activities focused on
homeowners at risk for discrimination.
According to HUD, the grant money came
out of fiscal 2010 appropriations.
That’s a big problem.
As I reported previously,
in 2009 Congress passed four separate appropriations bills that
contained language blocking federal funds from flowing to ACORN
during federal fiscal year 2010, which ran from Oct. 1,
2009 through Sept. 30, 2010. All four of the laws prevent
ACORN and its affiliated groups from receiving federal taxpayer
dollars.
The funding prohibition in Public
Law 111-117 (PDF) applies specifically to HUD. It spells
out in pretty clear terms that ACORN shouldn’t be getting any
government funding. Let’s see just how clearly it spells it
out:
Division A - Section 418. None of the funds made available under
this Act or any prior Act may be provided to the Association of
Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its
affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations. [p. 80 of
PDF]
Division B - Section 534. None of the funds made available under
this Act may be distributed to the Association of Community
Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries. [p. 125
of PDF]
Division E - Section 511. None of the funds made available in
this division or any other division in this Act may be
distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for
Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries. [p. 279 of PDF]
Yet despite the ban, President Obama, who worked for ACORN as an
employee and as the group’s lawyer, found it in his heart to hand
over $79,819 of your money to his thug friends at ACORN.
As I warn in my new book, Subversion Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN
Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American
Taxpayers, ACORN is still with us, doing its best to
destroy American capitalism and democracy.
The group is gearing up right now to make sure President Obama
gets reelected in 2012. Its state chapters have adopted assumed
names and remain active. Project Vote, ACORN’s vote manufacturing
factory, continues to operate unmolested in ACORN’s Washington,
D.C. office.
You’ve been warned.
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