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Does anyone know what the "Crimes Victims Fund" under Administration refers to? It had a 659% increase year over year. It went from under 1 billion to just over 5 billion. What kind of crime victim would the U.S. government compensate?
With a little research I uncovered this, "
State legislatures may be eyeing crime victim compensation program funding in some states in efforts to meet substantial budget shortfalls in the coming year. Forty-eight states -- nearly all, in other words -- have addressed or are addressing budget shortfalls for FY 2010, and in 26 of those states, falling revenues are creating new shortfalls. According to the center on Budget and Policy Priorities, states' fiscal problems will continue into FY 2011 and beyond (see this link for further information http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=711)
In prior years, several compensation programs' funds have been raided by legislatures. Reminding lawmakers that many more victims could be seeking compensation; that mass violence is always a threat and would require sudden greater outlays to victims; and that some "reserve" is necessary to prevent backlogs may be among the strategies useful in countering unwanted compensation fund reductions."
This was directly from the NACVCB website. Nat Assoc. Crime Victim Comp Board.
It looks like it is an undercover state budget bailout mechanism?