The recent news of government-funded organizations participating in criminal fraud have been shocking. That's why Congress should pass the ACORN Act as soon as possible to prevent such things from happening again.
It is inexcusable for criminals to continue to receive federal funds.
For example, since 1995 Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Northrup Grumman have paid $3 billion in fines for "misconduct," but that shouldn't have been hard since the taxpayers continue to shovel wads of cash at them ($77 billion in 2007).
In September, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer paid $2.3 billion to settle several cases, including Medicare fraud. This was not a problem for a company with $40 billion in profits last year; it continues to get millions of dollars in contracts from U.S. taxpayers.
Similarly, Halliburton continues to get billions of dollars from us, despite gross negligence that resulted in poisoned "drinking water" and showers that killed troops in Iraq by electrocution.
Please urge your representatives to co-sponsor the Against Corporations Organizing to Rip off the Nation Act (HR 3679). Given how rapidly Congress pulled funding from an organization whose employees provided prostitution business advice, passage of this bill should be a cinch!
Andrew Gray
Corvallis
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