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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (153209)	1/27/2009 4:32:20 PM
From: Bill	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Limbaugh and Arod (who is a putz) pay $10s of million per year in taxes. They are subsidizing you. The problem isn't with the producers, it's with the takers and the distributors.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (153209)	1/27/2009 5:12:11 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Incredibly, the Democrats’ bill makes groups like ACORN eligible for a $4.19 billion pot of money for “neighborhood stabilization activities.” Funds for this purpose were authorized in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act, signed into law in 2008. However, these funds were limited to state and local governments. Now House Democrats are taking the unprecedented step of making ACORN and other groups eligible for these funds: “For a further additional amount for ‘Community Development Fund,’ $4,190,000,000, to be used for neighborhood stabilization activities related to emergency assistance for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed homes as authorized under division B, title III of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–289), of which— “(1) not less than $3,440,000,000 shall be allocated by a competition for which eligible entities shall be States, units of general local government, and nonprofit entities or consortia of nonprofit entities[.]” “(2) up to $750,000,000 shall be awarded by competition to nonprofit entities or consortia of nonprofit entities to provide community stabilization assistance […]” The House Democrats’ trillion dollar spending bill also includes $1 billion for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. CDBG funds are given by the federal government to state and local governments which often contract with nonprofits for services related to the purpos