Taxpayers Funding Organic Garden, Petting Farm, Guitar Lessons for Illegal Immigrant Children

[UncleBeer 244]

And why exactly would you expect taxpayer money be spent for the benefit of taxpayers?

Taxpayers Funding Organic Garden, Petting Farm, Guitar Lessons for Illegal Immigrant Children

A California facility which houses illegal immigrant children reportedly boasts organic orchards, a small petting zoo, and guitar lessons – all courtesy of your tax dollars.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding answers from Health and Human Services in a new letter following the revelation.

Documents show that HHS approved a grant for Southwest Key to fund a facility in El Cajon, Calif.

In a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Grassley wrote:

According to the grant documents, Southwest Key also told your department that the facility contained the following amenities:

“We have an organic orchard of orange, lemon, and grapefruit trees. As well as an Organic (sic) garden that supplements our kitchen with a wide variety of organic vegetables throughout the year. We have a small petting farm with ducks, chickens, and miniature ponies. We have also established an Acuaponics system where we are cultivating over 1000 Tilapia.”

Further, Southwest Key described the facility as, “…an architectural compliment to San Diego’s early ‘Spanish Colonial’ history.” Southwest Key also claimed that its location would allow UACs to “…enjoy the fruits of living in a large city, yet far enough where there is a suburban serenity to the facility.” Finally, Southwest Key informed HHS that the facility’s windows “provid(e) a splendid view of the beautiful California sunset.”

In your testimony just months after this grant was approved, you claimed that a large infusion of taxpayer dollars was necessary because, “…we don’t have enough beds and we don’t have sufficient resources to continue to add beds.” It is disturbing that HHS is funding such expensive facilities despite claiming to be unable to meet basic needs for UACs.

Grassley’s letter also cites documents which reportedly show that HHS approved a grant which provides illegal immigrant children with guitar lessons, classified as “vocational training.”

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

[UncleBeer 244]

A bargain, right?

Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, said it seemed excessive to pay the $329 that Southwest Key Programs, the contractor, charged per child per day at one of its California facilities in Lemon Grove, California. Another facility in El Cajon cost taxpayers $316 per child per day.

[lostinblue 1,989]

A bargain, right?

Only government money

[UncleBeer 244]

Only government money

Hey, they can always print more.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

And why exactly would you expect taxpayer money be spent for the benefit of taxpayers?

Why do you hate children and want to put them in gas chambers you RWNL. LOL

Another brilliant and blinding retort

C. I have no idea idea how to respond to the overwhelming facts you presented, so I will just deflect the issue and move on. This covers the Tin foil hat nonsense , the Face Palm, The double Face Palm and of course the :rofl:

[UncleBeer 244]

I'm fortunate: I didn't see any of his #######. Thank you, "ignore" feature!

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I'm fortunate: I didn't see any of his #######. Thank you, "ignore" feature!

The ignore feature ricks..

[Curmudgeon 227]

And why exactly would you expect taxpayer money be spent for the benefit of taxpayers?

It's got the words 'illegal immigrant' in it, it must be bad.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

And why exactly would you expect taxpayer money be spent for the benefit of taxpayers?

Taxpayers Funding Organic Garden, Petting Farm, Guitar Lessons for Illegal Immigrant Children

A California facility which houses illegal immigrant children reportedly boasts organic orchards, a small petting zoo, and guitar lessons – all courtesy of your tax dollars.

Cool! With more 0bola plans like this the future's so bright I gotta wear shades!

[Curmudgeon 227]

Cool! With more 0bola plans like this the future's so bright I gotta wear shades!

What exactly has this to do with President Obama? Nothing? Great, glad you got that straight.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

According to the 0bola regime, who exactly built this?

[Curmudgeon 227]

According to the 0bola regime, who exactly built this?

What are you talking about? What regime? I assume that as this refers to tax payers in San Diego it was built by reprsetnatives of tax payers in San Diego with perhaps some local or state funding. I am not that bothered by it, it seems like a good idea to me, having an organic garden with attached petting zoo to service the community, no matter if some of that local community are undocumented or god forbid undocumented children!!!

Edited November 1, 2014 by Curmudgeon

[JohnR! 5,495]

My children came to the world undocumented-ly. None of them had a piece of paper in their hands. OMG... 0'bola got to them in utero!!!

What are you talking about? What regime? I assume that as this refers to tax payers in San Diego it was built by reprsetnatives of tax payers in San Diego with perhaps some local or state funding. I am not that bothered by it, it seems like a good idea to me, having an organic garden with attached petting zoo to service the community, no matter if some of that local community are undocumented or god forbid undocumented children!!!

Edited November 1, 2014 by JohnR!

[LibCampFireClub 635]

This time the hippies are getting the government to pay for it.