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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 05:59 PM
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FLDS owned company was awarded $1.2 million in federal government contracts (includes Defense Dept)
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21152/flds-64

American taxpayers have unwittingly helped finance a polygamist sect that is now the focus of a massive child abuse investigation in West Texas, with a business tied to the group receiving a nearly $1 million loan from the federal government and $1.2 million in military contracts.

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One of those businesses, NewEra Manufacturing in Las Vegas, has been awarded more than $1.2 million in federal government contracts, with most of the money coming in recent years from the Defense Department for wheel and brake components for military aircraft.


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NewEra, previously known as Western Precision Inc. and located in Hildale, Utah, also received a $900,000 loan in 2005 from the federal Small Business Administration, the data show.

The president and chief executive of the company is John. C. Wayman, identified as an FLDS leader and a close associate to Warren Jeffs, the sect’s ‘’prophet,'’ who was convicted last year as an accomplice to rape for arranging the marriage of a 14-year-old girl to her 19-year-old cousin.





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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 06:01 PM
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1. thanks for posting this. More people here need to be educated about this cult
and all the harm it is doing, not only to those little girls.
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HowHasItComeToThis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 06:19 PM
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2. HERE THEY ARE
NewEra Manufacturing

http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_d17xkh HAS INFO ON THEM
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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 06:46 PM
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4. The SBA loan info
http://www.fedspending.org/faads/faads.php?reptype=r&database=faads&record_id=7210674&detail=3&datype=T&sortby=i



Recipient Name WESTERN PRECISION INC
Recipient City Name HILDALE
Recipient County Name WASHINGTON COUNTY
Recipient State Code Utah
Recipient Zip Code 84784
Congressional District UT02: Utah 2
Recipient Category Individuals
Recipient Type individual


Fiscal Year 2005
Action Type new assistance action
Federal Funding Amount $900,000 *
Non-Federal Funding Amount $300,000
Total Funding Amount $1,200,000
Obligation / Action Date 12/06/2004
Starting Date 12/06/2004
Ending Date 12/06/2014
Record Type individual action
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 06:23 PM
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3. so, the buggering of children was financed by the current administration...perfect
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babydollhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-15-08 07:22 PM
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5. kick
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 10:08 AM
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6. KICK-Western Precision
http://blogs.sltrib.com/plurallife/2006/04/taking-stock-of-western-precision.htm

http://www.westernprecision.com/quality.html


http://factnet.org/?p=313
Federal Funds used by FLDS Cult…
TEXAS:Polygamist sect received taxpayer cash. Businesses tied to the polygamist sect at the center of a child abuse probe received federal government loans.
BY JACK DOUGLAS JR., McClatchy News Service

FT. WORTH, Tex. — American taxpayers have unwittingly helped finance a polygamist sect that is now the focus of a massive child abuse investigation in West Texas, with a business tied to the group receiving a nearly $1 million loan from the federal government and $1.2 million in military contracts.

The ability of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or FLDS, to operate and grow is largely dependent on huge contributions from its members and revenue from the businesses they control, according to a former accountant for the church, and government officials in Utah and Arizona, where the sect is primarily based.

One of those businesses, NewEra Manufacturing in Las Vegas, has been awarded more than $1.2 million in federal government contracts, with most of the money coming in recent years from the Defense Department for wheel and brake components for military aircraft.

A large portion of the awards were preferential no-bid or ‘’sole source'’ contracts because of the company’s classification as a small business, according to online databases that track federal government appropriations.

NewEra, previously known as Western Precision Inc. and located in Hildale, Utah, also received a $900,000 loan in 2005 from the federal Small Business Administration, the data show.

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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 11:54 AM
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7. Kick!!!!
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