Hope is not a plan

Latest letter to the President, following these remarks.

Mr. President -

In your press conference today, you said:

"And so I'm not exactly sure what you're talking about, but I can tell you that I believe the faith-based and community-based -- the faith- and community-based initiative is a vital part of helping solve intractable problems here in America. And I would hope that I could work with Congress to make sure this program, which has been invigorated, remains invigorated."

This is literally untrue. You have not invigorated the faith- and community-based initiative program. You instead have underfunded the Charitable Choice fund by about 85% and have failed to make even a mild push for a promised multi-billion-dollar charitable giving credit -- and all of that with six years of a friendly Congress. Instead, you and your party spent time on projects that explicitly help wealthier Americans, such as pushing the exemption on the estate tax from a reasonable $675,000 to a very high $3.5 million, leading to a projected loss of billions in charitable giving.

First-person accounts witness the fact that you have been told, more than once, about the continuing problems in this area. You have done nothing about them.

When you say the program has been invigorated, you are lying. If I could, I would say that directly to your face.

You help no one in doing this. It is callous and cowardly.

Cut it out.