pretty close to my own feelings on the matter, hence why i said im not sure if they CURRENTLY recieve funding.
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:58 AM, OrionWorks <svj.orionwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > From Lawrence: > >> There used to be US gov't funding some years ago, but it was >> discontinued. >> >> The fact that it received such funding is being used to bolster current >> claims to credibility. > > My theory is that funding continues on RV, just that it was > intentionally driven even deeper into black ops. I recall there was a > big bru-ha-ha in congress about how absurd it was that our government > was caught red-handed spending precious taxpayer's money on boondoggle > programs... and of course a RV program was a perfect target to go > after... a symbol of wasted taxpayer money. At the end of the day > various congressional leaders and senators could pat and self > congratulate themselves and tell their constituents that they had > saved their country money, so please go ahead and re-elect me again > for looking out for your best tax dollar interests. > > I suspect much of that publicity may have been carefully managed - in > the sense that those who were running RV programs may have decided > that what they were doing was getting a little to visible as far as > they were concerned. It was time to drive RV programs deeper under > cover. I suspect they got their way. > > I bet it's business as usual. ;-) > > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks > >