Congress May Axe Subsidies for Activist Groups From the Boone and Crockett Club MISSOULA, Mont. (May 25, 2011) - Legislation to be introduced today in Congress could axe what has amounted to federal subsidies for environmental extremist and animal rights groups making big business out of suing the U.S. government. The legislation, a House Resolution and companion version in the Senate titled Government Litigation Savings Act, would amend the existing Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). Though well intended, abuses of EAJA have escalated into a serious conservation issue with long-term consequences. Costs of defending unnecessary lawsuits against federal agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are an increasing drain on conservation funding and agency personnel today. The Government Litigation Savings Act was prompted by a coalition (member list below) of wildlife, agriculture, energy, mining and other resource-based groups led by Boone and Crockett Club. Club President Ben Wallace said, "We take very seriously the fact that taxpayer money and sportsmen-generated funding intended to support conservation are being wasted. We thank Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) and Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) for introducing a bill that offers hope for reforming EAJA back to its original purpose - and relief for the most successful wildlife conservation system in the world." Read the rest of this press release on our website. http://www.pointingdogjournal.com/socontent/pass/Press_Release_June11.php
That is good news. Let's see, we subsidize you and you sue us? WTF? I don't think it will end the groups' lawsuits. There is enough rich idealists to continue funding these anti-Human morons. Don't get me wrong, I believe in in moderation in terms of the environment, but when little Johnny has to eat....
