Should Moral Monday
be changed to “Money Monday”?
By: Jonathan Gonia
It seems that the Rev. William Barber has another motive for
the Moral Monday protests. It seems that while he is protesting the cutting of
unemployment benefits, passing of voter ID, the anti- abortion bill, and the
budget, it all could be a smoke screen for what he is really mad about. I have
found that Barber has received over $1 million in government funds over the
last few years. Yes, you heard that right. He has been sitting at not only the
Golden Corral buffet, but the taxpayer buffet also. He received 565k from the
NC Dept. of Health and Human Services for a child nutrition program, and even
Ray Charles could see where that money has been going and it’s not to starving
children. This is just the tip of the
iceberg. I think we should also be
asking what happened to the 245k that he was given from the NC Dept. of Public
Safety, for a “Support our Students” program.
Here is a complete
list of payouts by the state for Barber’s programs:
Child Nutrition Programs-Dept. of Health and Human Services
$565,220
Support Our Students- Dept. of Public Safety
$245,426
Dropout Prevention Grant- Dept. of Public Instruction
$173,331
Econ Dev & Capacity Building- NC Rural Center
$134,480
Capacity Building (Jan 2013)- NC Community Dev. Initiative
$40,000
Misc- Not named for purpose or where from.
$1,275
Tentative Total=$1,159,732
It appears that "Big Bill the Buffet Slayer" and his cronies have other motives for these protest. I think we as taxpayers should be enraged and
we should be asking questions as to what this money was used for. In a time of
reconstruction that NC is in right now this should be a big deal. Is he keeping
“Moral Monday” up because he is upset that with Republican controlled government and that he can’t get the handouts that he was used too? I would say so. How can special-interest groups be granted
this kind of money with no record of how it’s spent? It seems like the Rev had a
pipeline straight to the taxpayer’s dollars and this should not be taken
lightly.
1 comment:
Right on the money, sir......we need further research to ascertain how Mr. Barber is bleeding us...meaning, how does he get those tax dollars allocated to this purpose....an unbiased audit an investigation into similar "pork", excuse the pun, spending our state has allowed to remain underneath the notice of several oversight committees or perhaps even their lack of desire to curb said projects....these dollars add up over a relatively short period of time...I believe this would be a worthwhile endeavor to embark upon....that is, if we can drive through and tolerate the race "trump" card that is sure to be played by the left....any grou that challenges their funding and the public finance of similar groups will without a doubt be labeled bigots and racists......the real questions are now,...Are we ready to go to political war with these groups for our tax dollars back, and if so, do we have the fortitude to pursue defunding unnecessary spending that an investigation may uncover? do we have the juducial stamina to prosecute any embezzlement of tax dollars we are almost certain to find? these are questions to ponder as we prepare ourselves to seek justice and truth....MTB...
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