AP Exposes ‘Reverse Robin Hood’ Degenerates

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AP Exposes ‘Reverse Robin Hood’ Degenerates

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WASHINGTON—The federal program that provides legal help to poor Americans turns away half of its applicants for lack of resources. But that hasn’t stopped its executives from lavishing expensive meals, chauffeur-driven cars and foreign trips on themselves.

Agency documents obtained by The Associated Press detail the luxuries that executives of the Legal Services Corp. have given themselves with federal money from $14 “Death by Chocolate” desserts to $400 chauffeured rides to locations within cab distance of their offices.

The government-funded corporation also has a spacious headquarters in Washington’s tony Georgetown district with views of the Potomac River and a rent significantly higher than other tenants in the same building.

And board members wrote themselves a policy that doubled the amount they could claim for meals compared with their staff.

The program’s clients were upset when told of the spending.

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By Spinoza, August 15, 2006 at 9:06 am Link to this comment
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> Typical lawyers, and typical of a government program.

No it isn’t!, you don’t know what you are talking about.

Many of the lawyers working to help the poor are very dedicated and honest people. And most government programs are run by dedicated civil servants.

However, when Reagan and Thatcher promoted the ideology that greed is good it caused a loosening of some peoples integrity. The blame should be put on capitalism and the capitalist ideology espoused by the filthy rich and the wanna be filthy rich.

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By Spinoza, August 15, 2006 at 9:02 am Link to this comment
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> Typical lawyers, and typical of a government program.

No it isn’t!, you don’t know what you are talking about.

Many of the lawyers working to help the poor are very dedicated and honest people. And most government programs are run by dedicated civil servants.

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By Todd, August 15, 2006 at 8:02 am Link to this comment
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Typical lawyers, and typical of a government program.

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By George S Semsel, August 15, 2006 at 6:02 am Link to this comment
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So? Am I supposed to be shocked with this so-called news?

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By harald hardrada, August 15, 2006 at 5:30 am Link to this comment
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everything’s wonderful & is getting better & better—we should all be grateful for the overwhelming support americans show our glorified leader whenever he invokes 9/11 or takes credit for uncovering a terrorist non-plot or finds ways to enrich his pals or to spy on us

americans give ‘sheep’ a new meaning

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