The Difference Between ACORN & BlACKWATER/XE…

for the sake of shits n’ giggles – let’s just go on the premise that both are corrupt and poorly run.

ACORN, in attempting to help poor people, has been caught with helping people commit tax fraud and fraudulently using federal dollars.

Blackwater/XE has been caught in wide spread fraud, overbilling, smuggling illegal weapons and numerous allegations of murder. They are currently being investigated by just about every inspector general and the FBI.

So why the difference in coverage?

ACORN’s fraud case is much bigger, right?

Actually – ACORN has received $53 million in federal funding over the last 15 years… that’s an average of less than $4 million per year.

Blackwater/XE has received more than one billion in current federal contracts.

I’m still waiting for Darrel Issa to introduce legislation defunding blackwater/XE but don’t expect him or any other republican on the hill to act any time soon. Eric Prince – CEO of blackwater/xe is one of the largest contributors to the Republican party, which i guess buys you a pass from Issa, Boehner, Steele and the idiots at Faux news.

I have no problem holding ACORN responsible… but after watching no-bid government contracting explode under the Republican controlled Congress and the Bush Administration – the last people we can trust on the issue is Minority Leader John Boehner and Rep. Darrel Issa. The latter of whom happens to have been charged with numerous counts of auto theft and fraud.

If we’re going to go after fraud – let’s go after the no-bid contracts and the billions of mismanaged funds received by halliburton, blackwater and dozens of other contractors who not only cost U.S. soldiers and citizens their lives but billions of dollars.

I have no problem punishing fraud when found, i encourage it, but ACORN is all but irrelevant in the world of federal budgeting. I guarantee you Republicans have already spent more money fundraising on the issue of ACORN fraud than was ever fraudently spent.