Delay expenses paid by group that sent elderly SS scare letters

[merh]

2/28/2005
Social Security “fright mail” targeting seniors helped fund GOP leader’s trips to UK, Asia

Social Security scams helped fly House GOP leader on London, Moscow junkets

RAW STORY EXCLUSIVE

By John Byrne and Larisa Alexandrovna | RAW STORY Staff

A think tank which raised money by targeting elderly Americans with Social Security scare letters paid for more than $130,000 in travel expenses for the House Republican leader, his wife and his staff, RAW STORY has learned.

The National Center for Public Policy Research, a highly controversial and little-known conservative think tank which has been sending Social Security “fright mail” for years, paid for two posh trips for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) in 1996 and 2000, each at the cost of at least $64,000.

NCPPR also gave $1,000 to DeLay’s legal defense fund in 2004.

While another conservative group stole the limelight for an ad linking the AARP to gay marriage, NCPPR has operated below the radar on controversial issues since its founding in the early 1980s.

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http://rawstory.com/news/2005/index.php?p=134

[merh]

1. Shameless kick

Is anyone out there?

[TheFarseer]

2. Wow Tom Delay is corrupt?!?!

Say it aint so, Tom. Say it aint so.

[merh]

3. Rawstory is asking for copies of the scare letters, someone

(a DUer) was doing a lot of research on the subject in Nov & Dec., but I can't remember who it was. Apparently an elderly relative had been receiving the letters.

[elehhhhna]

4. Scare letter is posted there, now:

http://rawstory.rawprint.com/105/social_security_scam_104.php

Scroll halfway down. There are 4 pages to click through (it's a long letter).-

[merh]

6. I know that - I posted the story

At the end of the article can be found this language:
"RAW STORY is looking for other Social Security and “fright mail” letters sent out by NCPPR. If you have received a copy of a letter, or have any other information regarding another letter, please email [e-mail]"

[elehhhhna]

7. sorry. a blonde moment...

[merh]

8. No sweat - DUer's did a lot of research on this in October 2004

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1108892

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1154535

[TheFarseer]

5. I KNOW there is more than enough evidence

of wrong-doing to bring him down hard on something. There's too many stories out there for NONE of them to be true. Someone might say that all politicians are corrupt but he's the poster child. I hope his mother is proud of how far her son has pushed the corruption envelope.