CASH FOR CLUNKERS IN ACORN-STYLE STING?

It may be that the way to expose / defeat Community Organizing tactics is to turnover their rocks from underneath. That's what James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles did with Acorn. It's also what Patrick Courrielche did with the NEA, joining a conference call and reporting on it.

Now we have an unlikely mole penetrating the debacle that is the Cash 4 Clunkers bureaucracy, which comes under the purview of Department of Transportation. None other than Kathleen Willey entered that bureaucracy and reported back to WORLD NET DAILY.

After the federal "Cash for Clunkers" program ended Aug. 24, the Department of Transportation reported that nearly 700,000 clunkers were taken off the roads and replaced by more fuel-efficient vehicles. Rebate applications worth $2.877 billion were submitted by the 8 p.m. deadline. The Transportation Department hired federal employees and private contract workers to process the rebates vouchers so car dealers would be compensated.

One of those private companies, Vangent, based in Arlington, VA provided Willey with a job working on the Dealership Rebate Vouchers. Interestingly, when you go to the VANGENT website, you'll see that they are somehow involved with the 2010 Census and are asking for volunteers to help administer it. When you click on the census application link from the website, you are directed to THIS PAGE.

Back to what Willey uncovered. If her experience is common then the administration of this program was weak at best. Aside from mentioning the extremely unprofessional appearance of job applicants (some not wearing shoes), Willey maintains that there didn't seem to be background checks done or relevant job history taken into account.

Willey processed the Cash for Clunkers vouchers at her position in Chester, Va. She attended a job fair on Aug. 31 and was hired through Astyra Corp., a minority-owned staffing company.

"We were told that we would be working on the Cash for Clunkers programming, examining all of the documents that the government had received from dealers all over the country," Willey told WND.

She said many of the applicants had never even heard of the Cash for Clunkers program.

"We were not asked for any prior work history," Willey said. "The job description was listed as data entry and called for the ability to type 30 words per minute. There were no job requirements actually listed on the application."

Aside from having a lot of down time and getting virtually no supervision, perhaps one of the most egregious examples of why government should never be in charge of running a business is shown in its level of concern for payroll management. Willey not only reported that there was little to no supervision but that she was significantly overpaid.

During a 37.5-hour work week, Willey reported actually working only 14 hours – but she was paid for more than 37 hours of work.

"Two of those nights, I had no work at all," she said. "On those two evenings, when I left, I complained to two different supervisors and I got two different responses: 'Milk it, baby!' and 'Free money!'"

Just like ACORN and the White House's alleged dealings with the NEA, we are again looking at quintessential Saul Alinsky. In particular, Rules #6 and #7 from "RULES 4 RADICALS" seem to apply:

Rule 6: A good tactic is one your people enjoy. “If your people aren’t having a ball doing it, there is something very wrong with the tactic.”

Employees working on this C4C debacle were allegedly told they would be helping the environment, given no supervision, and paid (or overpaid) for doing little or no work.

Rule 7: A tactic that drags on for too long becomes a drag. Commitment may become ritualistic as people turn to other issues.

Cash 4 Clunkers was a short-lived program, as was the administering of the Rebate Voucher Applications. The tactic (if that's what it was) didn't drag on too long and it was one its people enjoyed.

ACORN, the NEA, and C4C are all taking massive hits as a direct result of infiltration. These are having an effect and should be stepped up.

Be sure to read the entire article on WILLEY'S FINDINGS at WND.