Our government at work.
Posted by Judson Phillips on October 4, 2012 at 6:36pm in Tea Party Nation Forum
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Last night during the debate, Mitt Romney was pressed on what he would cut. He named Big Bird and Jim Lehrer?s show as two things he would cut.
There is something else he can cut too.
What is it?
From Fox News:
The U.S. government paid a Chicago consultant hundreds of thousands of dollars to put on diversity training workshops that, according to one watchdog, included an exercise in which employees were told to chant "our forefathers were illegal immigrants."
Conservative group Judicial Watch made the claim this week as it released a handful of documents pertaining to the program -- and alleged that the sessions ended up enforcing political views more than promoting tolerance.
"Instead of being diversity-oriented or tolerance-oriented, it's more about adopting a mindset," said Lisette Garcia, a senior investigator with the group. "It seemed to go so far as to encourage illegal immigration."
Judicial Watch began to investigate the sessions earlier this year after being approached by a tipster at USDA who was "offended" by them, Garcia said. Judicial Watch claims it has identified at least $200,000 spent by the USDA over the last two years on the company Souder, Betances & Associates.
The USDA later confirmed that amount.
The tipster, Garcia said, described one session in which the speaker led workers in chanting "our forefathers were illegal immigrants" while pounding on the table and getting others in the room to join in.
"How does that fit into the USDA mission at all?" she said. "The price tag makes it more egregious."
It's unclear how much total federal money was spent on these kinds of sessions at USDA and other agencies. Federal contract records show the Department of Defense has also contracted with the company, though it's unclear what that work entailed. The company's website says its clients include an array of federal departments, from Commerce to Energy and Interior, as well as USDA.
"For over a decade Souder, Betances and Associates has been a leader in the field of diversity training and consulting," the company site says.
This is insane.
Ignoring the questionable value of ?diversity training,? why is the government spending this kind of money?
If ?diversity training? is so essential, why can?t it be done in house?
This doesn?t even sound like diversity training. This sounds like political indoctrination. Of course, with the Obama Regime, everything is political.
There are a lot of things that can be cut by the new Romney administration. This should be top of the list.
Posted by Judson Phillips on October 4, 2012 at 6:36pm in Tea Party Nation Forum
View Discussions
.
Last night during the debate, Mitt Romney was pressed on what he would cut. He named Big Bird and Jim Lehrer?s show as two things he would cut.
There is something else he can cut too.
What is it?
From Fox News:
The U.S. government paid a Chicago consultant hundreds of thousands of dollars to put on diversity training workshops that, according to one watchdog, included an exercise in which employees were told to chant "our forefathers were illegal immigrants."
Conservative group Judicial Watch made the claim this week as it released a handful of documents pertaining to the program -- and alleged that the sessions ended up enforcing political views more than promoting tolerance.
"Instead of being diversity-oriented or tolerance-oriented, it's more about adopting a mindset," said Lisette Garcia, a senior investigator with the group. "It seemed to go so far as to encourage illegal immigration."
Judicial Watch began to investigate the sessions earlier this year after being approached by a tipster at USDA who was "offended" by them, Garcia said. Judicial Watch claims it has identified at least $200,000 spent by the USDA over the last two years on the company Souder, Betances & Associates.
The USDA later confirmed that amount.
The tipster, Garcia said, described one session in which the speaker led workers in chanting "our forefathers were illegal immigrants" while pounding on the table and getting others in the room to join in.
"How does that fit into the USDA mission at all?" she said. "The price tag makes it more egregious."
It's unclear how much total federal money was spent on these kinds of sessions at USDA and other agencies. Federal contract records show the Department of Defense has also contracted with the company, though it's unclear what that work entailed. The company's website says its clients include an array of federal departments, from Commerce to Energy and Interior, as well as USDA.
"For over a decade Souder, Betances and Associates has been a leader in the field of diversity training and consulting," the company site says.
This is insane.
Ignoring the questionable value of ?diversity training,? why is the government spending this kind of money?
If ?diversity training? is so essential, why can?t it be done in house?
This doesn?t even sound like diversity training. This sounds like political indoctrination. Of course, with the Obama Regime, everything is political.
There are a lot of things that can be cut by the new Romney administration. This should be top of the list.
