Stimulus: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights may get up to $90 million

Under the Senate version of the stimulus plan, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights may get up to $90 million for helping with the switch from analog to digital television.

From page 38 at http://readthestimulus.org/index.php?doc=s336_012709&page=38 (S.336 (S.1) Senate Democrats Bill Text 1/27):

of the amounts provided under this heading, $90,000,000 may be for education and outreach, including grants to organizations for programs to educate vulnerable populations, including senior citizens, minority communities, people with disabilities, low-income individuals, and people living in rural areas, about the transition and to provide one-on-one assistance to vulnerable populations, including help with converter box installation

Per freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2177333/posts (warning: source is Erick Erickson of RedState):

The program is managed by the Department of Commerce. And the Department of Commerce gave access to the DTV education money to only two groups exclusively: the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (N4A) and the LCCR’s Education Fund... Here’s where it gets funny. Each group is now only getting about $2 million...

Comments

I find this news very stimulating.

Wow another big surprise the stimulus package has more useless spending for our useless minorities. Millions of dollars for TV converter boxes for minorities so they can continue to watch TV. Ridiculous.