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Community => Advocacy, Agencies, Access => Topic started by: huntrights on October 22, 2012, 03:37:43 PM

Title: Wildlife Conservation Funds Could Be Raided to Reduce Deficit
Post by: huntrights on October 22, 2012, 03:37:43 PM: Wildlife Conservation Funds Could Be Raided to Reduce Deficit

http://www.nssf.org/bulletpoints/view.cfm?Iyr=2012&Bissue=102212.htm

"BREACH OF TRUST WITH AMERICA'S SPORTSMEN . . .
One more negative outcome of the inability of Congress and the Obama administration to reach an agreement on reducing the federal deficit may be the siphoning off of millions of dollars from wildlife conservation funding provided by the 10-11 percent tax paid on new firearms and ammunition under the 75-year-old Pittman-Robertson Act. This eventuality is brought to you courtesy of the so-called budget sequestration measure that forces a $1.2 trillion cut in federal spending should Congress fail to enact a deficit-reduction plan. Because no such agreement is yet in view, draconian mandated across-the-board budget cuts, sometimes referred to as "the fiscal cliff," are what awaits the nation starting early in 2013. Granted, there are larger economic issues posed by our burgeoning national debt and the inability of our elected leaders to reach a comprehensive agreement on taxing and spending, but any funds taken from what is supposed to be a dedicated trust fund to benefit wildlife conservation still constitutes a breach of trust with America's sportsmen and reneges on a promise first made during the height of the Great Depression. Hunters and shooting sports enthusiasts should call their U.S. representatives and senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to safeguard Pittman-Robertson funds for their historic conservation purposes."
Title: Re: Wildlife Conservation Funds Could Be Raided to Reduce Deficit
Post by: Bob33 on October 22, 2012, 03:54:09 PM: Despicable if it happens. Eventually, every American will pay some form of severe price for the outlandishly selfish behavior of our elected officials in uncontrolled spending.
Title: Re: Wildlife Conservation Funds Could Be Raided to Reduce Deficit
Post by: Atroxus on October 22, 2012, 05:50:11 PM: Tagging so I can find it later.

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Title: Re: Wildlife Conservation Funds Could Be Raided to Reduce Deficit
Post by: Special T on October 22, 2012, 05:59:44 PM: Not a great surprise. The State has done it MANY times! ORV fund, wildlife lic plates and the list can go on... Why would you think that only the states would pull this stuff? They have been giving SS I Owe U's for a long time... Now they are just having to steal smaller ammounts.

Horrible, and a sign of the times... Never mind they could CUT SPENDING like all of us have had to do! :bash: