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Obama and the Left have found another way to transfer your tax dollars to radicals--phony attorney fees.
"Without any oversight, accounting, or transparency, environmental activist groups have surreptitiously received at least $37 million from the federal government for questionable attorney fees. The lawsuits they received compensation for had nothing to do with environmental protection or improvement.
The activist groups have generated huge revenue streams via the obscure Equal Access to Justice Act. Congressional sources claim the groups are billing for cookie cutter lawsuits they file the same petitions to multiple agencies on procedural grounds, and under the Act, they file for attorney fees even if they do not win the case. Since 1995, the federal government has neither tracked nor accounted for any of these attorney fee payments.
Nine national environmental activist groups alone have filed more than 3,300 suits, every single one seeking attorney fees. The groups have also charged as much as $650 per hour (a federal statutory cap usually limits attorney fees to $125 per hour)"
ACORN, SEIU, corrupt attorneys, and more. Honest people are being drained by the corruption of the Left.
The Cultural of Corruption continues in Washington. Note that the fringe media, the Times (any variety, the Post, perky Katie, dour Brian and serious Diane have not found the time to report on this corruption).
Government is killing America. Time for a voter revolt.
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"Without any oversight, accounting, or transparency, environmental activist groups have surreptitiously received at least $37 million from the federal government for questionable attorney fees. The lawsuits they received compensation for had nothing to do with environmental protection or improvement.
The activist groups have generated huge revenue streams via the obscure Equal Access to Justice Act. Congressional sources claim the groups are billing for cookie cutter lawsuits they file the same petitions to multiple agencies on procedural grounds, and under the Act, they file for attorney fees even if they do not win the case. Since 1995, the federal government has neither tracked nor accounted for any of these attorney fee payments.
Nine national environmental activist groups alone have filed more than 3,300 suits, every single one seeking attorney fees. The groups have also charged as much as $650 per hour (a federal statutory cap usually limits attorney fees to $125 per hour)"
ACORN, SEIU, corrupt attorneys, and more. Honest people are being drained by the corruption of the Left.
The Cultural of Corruption continues in Washington. Note that the fringe media, the Times (any variety, the Post, perky Katie, dour Brian and serious Diane have not found the time to report on this corruption).
Government is killing America. Time for a voter revolt.
More...