On the big news about the coming big Gold Dome rally with Americans for Prosperity, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform and I assume many well-intentioned “TEA PARTY” people: Some easily referenced facts below. I challenge anyone to offer up a domestic issue that cannot be readily and easily connected to the fact that the amnesty of 1986 encouraged and enabled the more than 20 million illegal aliens we now have screaming for another legalization. Or that if we all ignore the agenda of groups that seek our support we will eventually be helping to assist the Senate amnesty legislation that will come sooner or later.

Norquist is a hired gun for amnesty-again industry, (I mean “Comprehensive Immigration Reform“) big business division. (Also, it seems for Muslim extremists)So that anyone who hasn’t already can check Grover’s position, I include a Google link to many left and right reports/blogs about Norquist, amnesty and the recent CPAC event. HERE . Grover Norquist is now trying to revive the all but dead 2010 Obama legalization for illegals that Obama had discarded for this year.

Let me put it another way: On illegal immigration and amnesty, Grover Norquist is to the left of Barack Hussein Obama.

BUT: an amnesty would amount to the biggest instantaneous voter increase in history for the leftist Dems.

While I doubt that anyone wants to spoil the excitement…maybe someone can ask Norquist about his position on enforcement and any legalization plan for illegals. That would be a step toward good government.

I fully understand the thrill of a “rally at the Capitol” and the fact that well known organizations are providing speakers. I urge people to at least know the agendas of the host groups.

According to an email that was forwarded to me this week from Virginia Galloway of Americans for Prosperity ( because it was apparently intended for “interested parties” I paste it below), while more than 15 million countrymen are out of work (US DOL stats), about a million illegals entered the USA last year (U.S. Border Patrol stats), Georgia suffers the highest rate of increase of illegal alien population in the entire nation ( DHS/Census stats this week)…Americans for Prosperity is “neutral” on the crime of illegal immigration.

Someone sent me all this below a little earlier today. I certainly cannot speak for Armey or Freedom Works – someone should contact them or their GA representative, Debbie Dooley. However, I do have a response concerning King’s attempt to drag AFP into this.

Americans For Prosperity has a number of Board members of diverse interests and opinions. When I came to work at AFPGA, I was told that illegal immigration was not one of our issues, one way or the other. In my 3 1/2 years of experience with AFP, it has never come up in any of our events or gatherings as an issue that AFP addresses. We focus on fiscal issues, mostly taxes,spending, and regulation. In a broad sense, you could certainly argue that illegal immigration affects our prosperity, as does the abortion industry, unmarried parents. breakdown of traditional families, and any number of other issues that we don’t address. Other organizations are addressing these issues, and as far as I can tell, AFP stays neutral on them.

As far as what other organizations our Board members support, I think if you looked on our websites, you’d find some diversity there. There certainly is among State Directors. I support my church financially – does that make AFP a Baptist organization? I don’t think so.

L***, I appreciate you asking me directly. Short answer, if you’d like to share w/ interested parties is : Other organizations are addressing these issues, and as far as I can tell, AFP stays neutral on them.

I look forward to seeing you next week at AFPGA Day at the Capitol!

Virginia Galloway
AFPGA State Director

Handy, but puzzling, as the organization was founded by the open borders Libertarians. “Americans for Prosperity was founded by David Koch. Mr. Koch is the same individual who helped found the Cato Institute and the Institute for Justice. Cato HERE and HERE .

Let me put it a different way: AFP was founded by open borders advocates.

While I am busy educating, and winning friends with what will likely be labeled ” extremist, sour grapes, hate facts” by those who are putting their hands over their ears and making loud “BLBB BLAABB BLABB” noises, let me also insert an educational segment on Dick Armey and his Freedom Works Inc. org that is fast taking control of many Tea Party groups – most of which are clueless about Armey or the open borders, amnesty-again agenda of both.

Armey is being paid more than half a million dollars a year to promote amnesty…you can see a short VIDEO HERE of him pitching legalization to the Reason Foundation…more open borders folks.

Bear with me…

Re; a mail I received this week that quoted Debbie Dooley who apparently is a grassroots community organizer for Freedom Works and is heading up one of the Tea Party orgs in Georgia: “I checked with Matt Kibbe , President of FreedomWorks yesterday. He said that they do NOT support granting amnesty to law breakers. Armey was taken out of context. He is upset at the government for taking so long to issue VISAS.”

Good one. We issue more than a million immigration visas a year and another million work visas – presently we are importing 125,000 foreign workers a MONTH….it will never be enough for the Dick Armey/Grover Norquist/WSJ OpenBordersLobby cabal.

Armey is very clear on his context.

His support “comprehensive immigration reform HERE
Can we please all agree that Dick Armey is a member of the world’s oldest profession, not to be trusted, works for amnesty (comprehensive immigration reform) and has worked for the Mexican government toward that goal? Please?

Example: In 2006, Armey’s lobbying firm represented the Senado de Republica (Mexican Senate) on “enhancing U.S.-Mexico relations,” and specifically on immigration policy. Curiously, during the same period, Armey’s Freedom Works stood out as one of the few right wing organizations to boldly support comprehensive immigration reform.

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Can we all agree please that Armey will do anything for a buck? And that nearly everyone who is actually paying attention understands that one of his long-time goals is open borders?

As a free-market economist influenced by the ideas of Milton Friedman, Armey favored relatively open immigration and the elimination of barriers to the movement of goods and people across national boundaries.

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Most people who study immigration already know about Armey and Norquist. HERE

I understand many don’t want to hear it. I cannot express my concern enough and am too busy with session right now to follow up more. I urge all concerned to do their homework and to realize that many more than you can ever realize in the academic, political and media elite are working – while being very well funded – toward open borders. The free flow of labor. Borderless continent. Honest.

WSJ here:

Thinking Things Over – WSJ.com But over the decade or two he mentioned, a Nafta with open borders may yet prove not so wild a dream. Mr. Bartley is editor of The Wall Street Journal… HERE

I plead with everyone concerned to pick a side and insist that everyone else does? Positions matter. Or…maybe illegal immigration isn’t so bad and we should simply ignore it…

Thanks… I link to the mission statement of the Dustin Inman Society HERE. I also note that there are very good bills aimed at stopping illegal immigration and illegal employment pending in the Capitol right now. Anyone who wants info is welcome to contact me. HB 1164 HB 1259, SB 67, SB 385 (John Wiles), SB 136 and more coming next week.

D.A. King

AJC below.
1/24/2007

Constitution Home Edition
Friday, 9/7/2001
Editorial
A18

OUR OPINIONS: Bush, Fox should pursue union similar to Europe

/ Staff,

Mexican President Vicente Fox envisions a North American economic alliance that will make the border between the United States and Mexico as unrestricted as the one between Tennessee and Georgia.

Though neither Fox nor President Bush expects to dissolve the 2000-mile border overnight, the Mexican leader clearly prefers sooner rather than later. In Washington this week, Fox surprised his friend and fellow rancher president by calling for sweeping American immigration reform by year’s end.

Currently, U.S. government immigration policy echoes its position on gays in the military: Don’t ask, don’t tell. The nation essentially winks at the estimated 3 million illegal Mexican immigrants toiling in fields, poultry plants and construction sites. If America cracked down and rounded up all those workers, the nation’s agricultural and construction industries would collapse, says Jagdish Sheth, Emory University’s Kellstadt professor of marketing.

Despite American dependence on their labor, undocumented workers still live in the shadows and under threat of deportation, and Fox is right to insist that Mexicans working, paying taxes and obeying the law have ”all their legal rights when they’re living here in the United States.”

Those rights don’t have to spring from legal residency. Some sort of temporary guest worker visas stand a better chance with congressional conservatives than the blanket amnesty suggested last month by the White House. Opponents shot down that trial balloon before it even cleared the tree tops.

In the short-term and during this country’s economic downturn, Bush ought to concentrate on a work permit program that concedes the need for Mexican workers but imposes controls to stem illegal crossings. By loosening border restrictions, Mexicans may eventually return to their homeland, a journey that now entails too many perils. Reflecting the new policy of encouraging citizens to return, Fox said Thursday, “We need you to come home one day and play a part in building a strong Mexico.”

The United States also must play a part in sustaining Mexico’s economic growth. “For marginal workers, leaving his or her country is not an easy proposition. It is not a lark. It is a risky, dangerous proposition, ” says Juan M. Del Aguila, an Emory University associate professor of political studies. “If we can create incentives for them to stay in their own country, many of these potential immigrants would.”

In boom states like Georgia, it’s been painless to absorb Mexican immigrants. But in the unlikely scenario that the economy hits the skids, migrant labor — whether illegally coming from Mexico or legally from rural Alabama — could snatch jobs away from the local unskilled labor pool.

The ultimate goal of any White House policy ought to be a North American economic and political alliance similar in scope and ambition to the European Union. Unlike the varied landscapes and cultures of European Union members, the United States, Canada and Mexico already share a great deal in common, and language is not as great a barrier. President Bush, for example, is quite comfortable with the blended Mexican-Anglo culture forged in the border states of Texas, California and Arizona.

Of the three North American players, the United States clearly holds the place of dominance. By joining with its neighbors to the north and south, the United States would have the strongest voice in coordinating fiscal, energy and drug enforcement polices that affect the continent.

An erroneous public perception exists that Mexico would be the main beneficiary of a U.S.-Mexico partnership. In the aftermath of the 8-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexico has become the third-largest importer of Georgia products, $1.2 billion worth of goods last year. Mexico is the United States’ second-largest trading partner.

“Fundamentally, our economic integration with Mexico is inevitable, ” says Emory’s Sheth. “Out of nowhere, Mexico has become a $200 billion a year trade partner. We think that will grow to $500 billion.”

“If you look at the European process, not all countries benefit equally all the time, ” says Del Aguila. “But the commonwealth as a whole has improved, the standard of living has risen.”

Historically, immigration has enriched America culturally and economically, as demonstrated most recently by the Cubans in South Florida. The challenge with Mexico is to better manage the natural flow of a people who are not only America’s fastest-growing immigrant group, but also its closest neighbors.

“Our choice is to fight it and lose, ” says Georgia State University economics professor David Sjoquist, “or embrace it and all come out better for it.”

The usual suspects in the amnesty-again coalition of American business (Hola, Grover Norquist), political traitors (led in the Senate by Chuck Schumer and anything-for- a buck Lindsay Graham) working in concert with the La Raza network has apparently been successful in reviving the 2010 legalization plot.

Otherwise known as the greatest Democrat voter roll increase of all time.

The illegals who escaped captue at the border will march on Washington March 21 to demand citizenship…and the right to vote. Try hard to overlook the more than 15 million Americans are out of work and we need to add 20 million or so poor people to our welfare rolls like we need another stock market crash.

To all my freinds who are marching to the drums of the Tea Party movement – I plead with you to check out Dick “Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” free flow of people “we need guest workers” Dick Armey and FreedomWorks Inc.

The American Conservative

Tea Party Crashers PDF.

“…Santelli’s yawp came precisely, perhaps suspiciously, at the same time that Beltway institutions were encouraging their activists to start protesting. His YouTube clip became a sensation, and “tea” suddenly stood for “taxed enough already.” Brendan Steinhauser, who directs Federal and State Campaigns for FreedomWorks, a libertarian-leaning D.C. operation, recalls that in the week leading up to Santelli’s rant, the nonprofit had been bombarded with calls from conservative activists awaiting orders. “They had already jammed the phone lines on Capitol Hill,” he says, “so we sent out a newsletter, signed by Dick Armey, telling them to go out into the streets.”

FreedomWorks had the resources to break the Tea Parties big. It began in 1984 as part of Citizens for a Sound Economy, a group financed by libertarian oil magnate David Koch—also one of the wallets behind the Cato Institute. In 2004, CSE split, with one faction becoming Americans for Prosperity (another Tea Party organizer) and the other merging with the Bill Bennett-Jack Kemp policy shop Empower America to become FreedomWorks. Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey was brought in as chairman, with an annual salary in excess of $550,000; Steve Forbes serves on the board of the group, which commands a budget in the $8 million range and claims 860,000 members. As the outcry rose, Steinhauser made himself a kind of switchboard operator, connecting activists to each other and arranging lessons in how to get permits. “It’s very Saul Alinsky,” he says of FreedomWorks’ role.

Whether this was an authentic grassroots uprising or—as agents of our community-organizer cum president claim—the product of “astroturfing,” the reins were swiftly seized by Republican hacks and opportunists. Internet organizer Michael Patrick Leahy set up conference calls for new Tea Party activists and gave strange marching orders, demanding, for instance, that the first round of protests be called the “Chicago Tea Party” wherever they happened to take place. He went on to publish a book, Rules for Conservative Radicals, and now works for longtime Republican operator Richard Viguerie. The popular speaker at Tea Party rallies has also been charged with six figures’ worth of tax evasion….”

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A copy of the below compliant was delivered to Cobb Sheriff Neil Warren March 3, 2010. Note: Sheriff Warren is a great American. The first Georgia local law enforcement head to begin use of 287(g)… in 2007. HERE for more on Sheriff Warren.

To: Sheriff Neil Warren 3 March 2010
Cobb County
Marietta, Georgia

From: Citizen D.A. King
Marietta, Ga.
President, the Dustin Inman Society

OFFICIAL COMPLAINT Possible violation of OCGA 13-10-90

Sheriff Warren, I reluctantly ask that your office investigate possible violations of state law (OCGA13-10-90) in your jurisdiction regarding the verification of newly hired employees, contracts for public works and security and immigration compliance.

Also, I ask that any violations of rules and regulations put forth by the Georgia Department of Labor (DOL) be investigated. (Chapter 300-10-1)

I have no doubt that we all seek total transparency on how contractors on public works are, or are not, in enthusiastic compliance with the law to which the rest of us are held.

I am aware that there are limited penalties for violation of this particular law, but nevertheless, and very respectfully, I insist that the rule of law be served and that the citizens of Cobb County and Georgia have a clear understanding and official report of the situation surrounding the recent news reports on the employees used in construction of the new Cobb Courthouse.

According to recent news reports, Turner Construction Co. ignored Georgia law and the DOL regulations by creating its own forms to replace the model affidavit supplied by the DOL for use by its subcontractors. If accurate, this action would also be a violation of the code cited here. These forms were reportedly not dated, contained no oath and were not notarized as mandated by Georgia law.

Under the law, the contractor, regardless of its size or budget is required to obtain affidavits from its subcontractors. Here I must note that according to the law, the term “Subcontractor” includes any subcontractor, contract employee, staffing agency or any contractor regardless of its tier.

I ask that you office discover, obtain and make public as evidence any and all such documents as part of your investigation. According to the law, these documents are public records.

I also note that Cobb County government bears legal responsibility for insuring that these documents become part of the bidding process for work on public works projects. I insert germane section of existing law below.

(b) (1) No public employer shall enter into a contract pursuant to this chapter for the physical performance of services within this state unless the contractor registers and participates in the federal work authorization program to verify information of all newly hired employees or subcontractors. Before a bid for any such service is considered by a public employer, the bid shall include a signed, notarized affidavit from the contractor attesting to the following:

(A) The affiant has registered with and is authorized to use the federal work authorization program;

(B) The user identification number and date of authorization for the affiant; and

(C) The affiant is using and will continue to use the federal work authorization program throughout the contract period. An affidavit required by this subsection shall be considered an open public record once a public employer has entered into a contract for services; provided, however, that any information protected from public disclosure by federal law shall be redacted.

(2) No contractor or subcontractor who enters a contract pursuant to this chapter with a public employer shall enter into such a contract or subcontract in connection with the physical performance of services within this state unless the contractor or subcontractor registers and participates in the federal work authorization program to verify information of all newly hired employees….”

I ask that your office investigate whether that responsibility has been fulfilled.

Further, various news reports and public comments from contractors working on the courthouse allude to an individual known as Victor Candelaria who apparently served as a “sub-contractor” on the project and was possibly employing illegal labor and who did not use the mandated no cost federal E-Verify employment verification system, or any of the documents and affidavits required by law.

I respectfully submit that to learn the entire story, Mr. Candelaria should be located, interrogated and brought to justice in Cobb County.

It is my understanding that Zebra Construction Co. was responsible for finding and hiring Candelaria and his workers. I believe that there is probable cause to believe officials with Zebra Construction are, or were in violation of Georgia law.

To my knowledge, all of the contractors involved, with the exception of Candelaria, remain employed by Cobb County and are paid with taxpayer dollars. Officials with those enterprises are a potential source of much information regarding violation of the law and perhaps represent a conspiracy to do so.

Sheriff Warren, I regard you and all of your deputies with great respect and gratitude for your diligent and tireless law enforcement work. In these desperate times while the American worker is threatened on every front, I repeat my request that a full investigation be conducted on the possible violation of Georgia law that has clearly cost lawful workers jobs, wages and justice in their own country.

Please feel free to contact me if I can be of any assistance or answer any questions.

Sincerely,

D.A. King
Marietta, Ga.

Arizona Republic — Phoenix

White House refocuses on amnesty

Despite steep odds, the White House is considering a series of new steps in the coming weeks aimed at reviving prospects for a major overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, a commitment that President Barack Obama has postponed once already… [Related Feature] [See Amnesty Watch]

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Latin American Herald-Tribune — Caracas, VZ

Usual suspects threaten to boycott Wal-Mart

…”The aim of this initiative is to send a signal, give a wake-up call to Walmart, which, with its huge number of Latino customers, also has a moral obligation – and with the enormous influence that it has – to support (immigration) reform,” GLAHR’s Teodoro Maus told Efe…

[Maus, a Mexican citizen, is a former Atlanta Mexican consul who retired and stayed in the US continuing to meddle in American affairs]… HERE

Michelle Malkin

Lindsey Grahamnesty rides again

What a busy little “bipartisan” bee Lindsey Grahamnesty has been lately. — He’s holding hands with John Kerry to push carbon caps and unrepentant global warming cultism. — He’s collaborating with the White House to close down Gitmo. — And he’s schmoozing with Chuckie Schumer on another illegal alien amnesty campaign…

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AJC
March 4, 2010

Officials say arrests mark major victory against violent street gang

MS-13, short for Mara Salvatrucha, has been present in the Atlanta area for nearly a decade. The gang’s activities picked up in 2005, officials said.

Most MS-13 members come from Central American nations such as El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras — many illegally, authorities said. MS-13’s founding members were immigrants who fled Central America’s civil wars for inner-city Los Angeles during the 1980s.

“In one case, Yates said, an MS-13 member approached a group of children playing basketball and asked, “What gang are you a part of?” The gang member opened fire, wounding a 14-year-old in the back.”
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If it acts like a drug dealer, talks like a drug dealer and is on the corner selling drugs, it is an local, unlicensed pharmaceutical sales representative. This is the same logic Unpacking Ideas uses to identify “undocumented immigrants.” The author’s post further asserts that the “undocumented immigrant” lives a “total legal” life in the US.

First, get the nomenclature correct. The proper term is illegal alien because the person is in the US against our immigration laws and became a criminal with the first step across our US borders. To nip the name-calling in the bud, illegal is not a race.

What about the children? This is a common argument used to justify everything from no texting while driving to telling companies how to formulate their products. Children are the responsibility of their parents, not the government. Period.

Parents who break another country’s laws subject themselves and their children to the consequences of the illegal behavior. As a result, immigration enforcement does not split families, breaking the immigration laws does.

So, to answer the author’s question, “Who are these kids?” They are children of parents who ignore the precarious position they place themselves and their children in when they cross the borders illegally.

AP/La Times

Illegal immigrant population in Georgia doubles, confirms changing migration trendsFebruary 23, 2010
By KATE BRUMBACK

When the Olympic Games came to Atlanta in 1996, a building boom transformed the landscape of downtown and brought with it an influx of Latino immigrants — both legal and illegal.

In the years since, the number of illegal immigrants living in Georgia has skyrocketed, more than doubling to 480,000 from January 2000 to January 2009, according to a new federal report. That gave Georgia the greatest percentage increase among the 10 states with the biggest illegal immigrant populations during those years. Many in metro Atlanta say the explanation for the boom is simple.

“It was because of jobs,” said Kathy Brannon, who worked for the suburban city of Chamblee for nearly 30 years. “That’s why people have come to this country since it started, for opportunity.”

For years, Chamblee was the last stop for three bus companies carrying immigrants from the border city of Brownsville, Texas, said Brannon, the retired city manager. With cheap housing, easy transportation and an abundance of work, the immigrants put down roots and were quick to tell family and friends back home of the opportunities in the Atlanta area.

To get a better sense of how much the illegal immigrant population has grown in Georgia, consider that the state had just 35,000 of them in 1990, according to estimates by the Pew Hispanic Center.

Demographer William Frey of the Brookings Institution said illegal immigrants moved where they could find work in low-skilled fields like construction and the service industry, which were booming across the Sun Belt states along with higher-skilled jobs.

“In a way it could be a sort of badge of success to have a higher undocumented immigrant population” because it means the economy is strong, Frey said.

North Carolina, another fast-growing Southeastern state during those years, is also one of the top 10 states for the sheer size of its illegal immigrant population, estimated at about 370,000 in January 2009 as compared to 260,000 in 2000, according to the report by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Immigration Statistics. The agency relied on data from the American Community Survey, a nationwide sampling conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The large immigrant populations in Georgia and North Carolina are largely Mexican and undocumented, said Jeff Passel, a senior demographer at the Pew Hispanic Center.

As recently as the 1980s, Southeastern states — with the exception of Florida — had very few immigrants, legal or illegal, Passel said. California, which is still home to about 24 percent of the country’s illegal immigrants, used to account for about 40 percent. Five other states — Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois and New Jersey — shared another 40 percent, he said.

But a recession in California in the early 1990s, and a ready supply of low-skilled jobs in other regions prompted immigrants to look elsewhere, especially the Southeast, Passel said.

Immigrants are vital to the economy in the Southeast, especially the agriculture, construction and service industries, said Jerry Gonzalez, executive director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials.

“It started with the Olympics. Atlanta would not have been able to finish the construction in time for the Olympics without immigrant labor, and specifically Mexican immigrant labor,” he said. “After that, the housing boom that the Southeast experienced, and specifically Georgia, would not have been possible without immigrant labor.”

The impact of illegal immigrants is tough to measure because they generally keep a low profile. But Passel said they are drawn by jobs, so most are employed and have income taxes and social security payments withheld from their paychecks.

While illegal immigrants are not eligible for welfare and many other public benefits, their U.S.-born children are, but they tend to underuse those services, Passel said.

Critics point to hospital emergency rooms, which must treat everybody regardless of their ability to pay, and public schools as places where illegal immigrants are a burden on local communities. Some also blame illegal immigrants for crime and driving down wages for low-skill work.

Nationwide, the report found that the illegal immigrant population grew 27 percent during the study period, though the numbers fell in the last two years. The population was 11.8 million in January 2007. It fell to 11.6 million in January 2008 and dropped to 10.8 million in January 2009. That coincides with the downturn in the U.S. economy, and demographers say the drop is likely to be temporary.

“If you look back over the last 20 years, the inflow of undocumented immigrants goes up and down with the U.S. economy,” Passel said.

A rough economy hits illegal immigrants even harder than citizens and legal immigrants, he said. But once the economy rebounds, construction will pick up, as will the service industry, and illegal immigrants will return for those jobs.

Demographers expect the Southeast to bounce back faster than states like California, Nevada and Arizona. And they don’t expect hostile attitudes or get-tough laws to keep illegal immigrants from coming back to Georgia.

“The only way you’re going to get the illegal immigrant population in Georgia to go down is to legalize them or get rid of the jobs,” said Dowell Myers, a specialist in demographic trends at the University of Southern California.

Source: Los Angeles Times HERE

American Prosperity not served by the crime of illegal immigration? Huhh…what a shocker!

Rasmussen Reports

67% say illegals are major strain on U.S. budget

As the country wrestles with a future of historic-level deficits, 67% of U.S. voters say that illegal immigrants are a significant strain on the U.S. budget. — A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 23% disagree and do not believe illegal immigration is a strain on the budget…

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