THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH WANTING TO KNOW HOW OUR GOVERNMENT SPENDS TAXPAYERS' MONEY

In Senate floor remarks, Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana defended D.O.G.E. by calling out several governmental programs and slammed a not-for-profit organization employing Stacey Abrams, a well- known Democrat of Georgia. In 2022 President Biden passed Inflation Reduction Act, which in reality had nothing to do with reduction of inflation. The case of a $2 billion grant to Stacey Abrams not-for-profit organization is one of the most telling examples of where the money went from the funds appropriated under the Inflation Reduction Act. Ms, Abrams went to work, in March, 2023, as senior counsel, for Rewiring America, a not-for-profit organization. In that year, in a form filed with the IRS, she told the IRS that Rewiring America was just started in that year. The only accomplishment listed in the form was joining the coalition of organizations seeking grants from Biden's Inflation Reduction Act. All those organizations were to form Power Forward Communities, another not-for-profit organization. According to its filing, Power Forward had only $100 of revenues in 2023. Yet, it had the audacity to ask the U.S. government for $2 billion grant "to expand access to clean energy by prioritizing housing, equity and resilience". It wanted to help people install energy efficient upgrades in people's houses. How did they qualify to receive the $2billion grant with no experience and $100 of revenues? Yet, in 2024, President Biden and his EPA announced the $2billion grant to Power Forward, of which Abrams'  Rewiring America was to receive a check for $49O million. President Biden and his EPA directed Power Forward to distribute the money within 21 days, but it directed them also to take a course (how to develop a budget) in 90 days. Go and figure it all ...The current EPA, under Lee Zeldin, has announced that he will attempt to call back the money, or whatever was left of it. Let us hope, that the circumstances of this $2billion grant will be investigated and explained fully to the taxpayers. In the meantime, how dare you, Democrats, to oppose D.O.G.E.?

Janusz Andrzejewski, is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993. You can contact him by telephone (212-634-4250) or by e-mail at janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

IS TALIBAN STILL BENEFITTING FROM THE U.S. TAXPAYERS MONEY?

 While Democrats scream, dance and sing in protest to D.O.G.E. and its head Elon Musk, new facts of waste of U.S. taxpayers' dollars come to light. Tim Burchett, a republican congressman of Tennessee says that Afghanistan is still receiving $40 million in cash weakly from the U.S. government, as part of the United Nations humanitarian aid. Mr. Burchett claims that ultimately, the money must benefit the Taliban, despite restrictions on direct foreign aid to that organization. After the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, Biden Administration continued to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, claiming that it was necessary to support Afghan civilians. However, oversight agencies and lawmakers always claimed that the humanitarian aid was misused under the Taliban rule. When Mr. Burchett introduced NO TAX DOLLARS FOR TERRORISTS ACT in December, 2023, the bill was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, but it stalled in the Senate, controlled then by the Democrats. On January 10, 2025, Mr. Burchett has reintroduced the bill again. Let's hope that this time it will pass both chambers of the U.S. Congress. In the meantime, the D.O.G.E. continues on its path of getting rid of waste and fraud from the U.S. government and its agencies.

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993. You can contact him by telephone (212-634-4250or by e-mail at: janusz@janusz andrzejewski.com