Thread: Bills of Attainder, Acorn, Unintended Consequences
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Old 10-02-2009, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by JollyRoger View Post
Congress did not "fund" ACORN anymore than it "funded" Halliburton. ACORN holds government contracts, for which it is paid for doing work.

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Congress gave funds-funds is money- to Acorn. The name of the mechanism accomplishing that funding isn't important. The action of revoking the funds is not a bill of attainder, which is the subject of this thread.
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