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cyclonefence

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4. Maybe he should go to one of those legal-aid organizations

Reply to HipChick (Original post)

Sun Sep 17, 2017, 09:01 AM

Sep 2017

Oh no--wait

More than 150 law firms across the country sent a letter to White House budget director Mick Mulvaney on Thursday, urging him not to propose the elimination of federal funding for the Legal Services Corporation.

LSC provides grants to nonprofits nationwide that in turn provide civil legal aid to those who otherwise can't afford it. The beneficiaries of LSC funding include homeless veterans, low-income workers and victims of domestic abuse.

The law firms made the case that defunding LSC would greatly impair legal services provided by nonprofit groups as well as private pro bono lawyers.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/09/news/economy/trump-budget-cuts/index.html

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Will be offline for a few days......Trump aide liquidated childrens college fund [View all] HipChick Sep 2017 OP

Well, that's what he gets for working wiht this neanderthal...poor kids... CTyankee Sep 2017 #1

What you said. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2017 #3

Boo-fucking-hoo! True_Blue Sep 2017 #2

Maybe he should go to one of those legal-aid organizations cyclonefence Sep 2017 #4

I'm all outta ef's to give, sorry..n/t monmouth4 Sep 2017 #5

Pretty much.... HipChick Sep 2017 #6

I would care IF.... Fatemah2774 Sep 2017 #7