In the State of Vermont, ten year incumbent Auditor of Accounts, Doug Hoffer (D/R) is on the Nov. 3, 2020 election ballot for BOTH the Democrats and the Republicans.
He has only one opposing candidate on the ballot running against him, Progressive Party candidate, Cris Ericson (P).
Doug Hoffer, as the current Vermont State Auditor, sits on the Audit Committee of the University of Vermont which is SELF-AUDITING. How on earth can that be, when UVM, University of Vermont, receives about 44 million dollars of Vermont taxpayers’ money every year? What other sources of enormous funding does UVM have? Why are Vermont taxpayers paying anything to UVM when the other sources of funding may be enough? What off-shore accounts do they have? What secrety hidden Swiss accounts might UVM have?
https://www.uvm.edu/trustees/?Page=standing_com/audit/content.html
V.S.A. Title 32, Duties of the Auditor of Accounts,
section § 163. Duties of the Auditor of Accounts
In addition to any other duties prescribed by law,
the Auditor of Accounts shall:
(1) Annually perform or contract for the audit of the basic financial statements
of the State of Vermont and, at his or her discretion,
conduct governmental audits as defined by governmental auditing standards
issued by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO),
of every department, institution, and agency of the State, including trustees or
custodians of retirement and other trust funds held by the State
or any officer or officers of the State, and also including every county officer
who receives or disburses funds of the State
or for the benefit of the State or any county.
…
(9) Perform, or contract with independent public accountants
licensed in the State of Vermont to perform, financial and
compliance audits as required by the
Federal Single Audit Act of 1984, 31 U.S.C. § 7501 et seq.
This subdivision shall not apply to the
University of Vermont and the Vermont State Colleges.
RE-READ THAT LAST LINE: This subdivision shall not apply
to the University of Vermont and the Vermont State Colleges.
Isn’t it a huge conflict of interest for the Vermont State
Auditor to sit on the self-auditing Board of the University
of Vermont, which receives about 44 million dollars a year
of Vermont State taxes from Vermont taxpayers,
while he simultaneously is in charge of auditing everyone else
except the state colleges and the University of Vermont?
Is Doug Hoffer a paid Board member? Who audits him?
Cris Ericson (P), is raising an even bigger financial concern,
the huge political issue involving TRILLIONS of dollars that affects
everyone in every state of the United States of America.
She knows where the money is to pay for health care and education
and housing for homeless Americans.
Doug Hoffer, current State Auditor, isn’t telling anyone, he’s
got his mouth shut. Shouldn’t he be required to inform Vermonters?
Has he no sense of morals or ethics?
It’s no big secret, do an internet search of “Bayh-Dole Act”.
You will see that there are political science authors discussing
ways to demand the government reduce prescription drug prices,
but the government has not utilized their authority to do so under
the Bayh-Dole act, referred to as “march-in rights”.
An example is a recent article by the Center for American Progress.
Under the Bayh-Dole Act, government sponsored research
really means that YOU, the TAXPAYER, pays for the research
which often occurs in UNIVERSITIES.
Notice the F-35 strike fighter jet now based in Burlington, Vermont
down the street from UVM, University of Vermont .
You have no clue what kind of R&D,
research, design and development might be going on because
UVM is self-auditing.
Defense contractors, defense corporations and pharmaceutical
corporations rely on research, which is often done in Universities.
Through subcontracting, TRILLIONS of dollars in profits are
made selling newly Patented inventions worldwide to our allies,
including prescription drugs, vaccinations,
vaccine injection devices, heart valves, hip replacements implants,
and defense jets and drones and spy satellites, etc.
37 CFR §401.3
(a) … However, a funding agreement may contain alternative provisions …
… (4) When the funding agreement includes the operation of the government-owned,
contractor-operated facility of the Department of Energy primarily dedicated to that
Department’s naval nuclear propulsion
or weapons related programs
(would this include the nuclear capability of the F-35 strike fighter jet series?)
and all funding agreement limitations under this subparagraph on the
contractor’s right to elect title to a subject invention are limited to inventions
occurring under the above two programs…
YOU, the taxpayer, pay and pay and pay for the
research, design and development of medical and defense inventions.
NOW, WHERE IS YOUR SHARE OF THE PROFIT when
these are sold worldwide for trillions of dollars?
Under U.S. Patent law, “work made for hire” means the
party (you the taxpayers) paying for the R&D (research, design
and development) should OWN THE PATENTS. Where is the taxpayers’
ownership share of profits for all of these Patents?
We must demand the repeal of the Bayh-Dole Act
and change the way the federal government hands out grant money.
The grant money is OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS
which came out of YOUR PAYCHECK.
We must demand “R.O.I.”, return on investment.
It is the job of the Vermont State Auditor of Accounts
to audit the use of
state and federal tax dollars that come into Vermont!
The I.R.S. demands taxes from your paycheck, they are sent
to the U.S. Treasury, and then the U.S. Congress votes to give
your taxpayer dollars to the N.I.H. National Institute of Health
and the Pentagon. The N.I.H. and Pentagon then hand out
your taxpayer dollars to researchers to invent new products
like prescription drugs, vaccinations, medical devices and
jets and drones and bombs and spy satellites.
The dirty trick here is, that as long as Pharmaceutical Corporations
and Defense Corporations can buy or lease the Patents from
the inventors who used taxpayer dollars to do their (R&D),
research, design and development in Universities, then
the Pharmaceutical and Defense Corporations will reap
Trillions of dollars in profit in worldwide sales
of new medical and defense products, and then pay money to their
political action committees (PACS) which will deposit funds
in the elected officials’ political campaign accounts,
(a legal alternative to blatant bribes) and then
nothing will be done to (1) lower prescription drug prices
or (2) move the F-35 strike fighter jets away from the most
populated civilian county in Vermont.
Doug Hoffer is on the ballot to represent both Republicans
and Democrats this election. He has one problem:
Supreme Court of the United States Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg
just died; and so now Republicans and Democrats are going to start
up their war again, for or against abortion rights. President
Trump will nominate a new Justice, and the Republican
controlled U.S. Senate will go along with him. If he can
get this done before the election Republicans be happy,
and Democrats will be even more determined to vote Mr. Trump
out of office.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/abortion-rights-groups-ruth-bader-ginsburg-death_n_5f657222c5b6b9795b10bd0c
How will Vermont voters feel about voting for a candidate,
Doug Hoffer, who is on the ballot for both Republicans and Democrats?
Can Vermont voters see Progressive candidate Cris Ericson
as a more sincere and steady voice?
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/bayh-dole.htm
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services National Institutes of Health
Bayh-Dole Regulations
Code of Federal Regulations
Title 37 – Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
Volume: 1 Date: 2013-07-01 Original Date: 2013-07-01
As Amended: 2018-04-13
37 CFR 401
§401.2 Definitions.
§401.3 Use of the standard clauses at §401.14.
§401.4 Contractor appeals of exceptions.
§401.5 Modification and tailoring of clauses.
§401.6 Exercise of march-in rights.
§401.7 Small business preference.
§401.8 Reporting on utilization of subject inventions.
§401.9 Retention of rights by contractor employee inventor.
§401.10 Government assignment to contractor of rights in invention
of government employee.
§401.11 Appeals.
§401.12 Licensing of background patent rights to third parties.
§401.13 Administration of patent rights clauses.
§401.14 Standard patent rights clauses.
§401.15 Deferred determinations.
§401.16 Electronic filing.
§401.17 Submissions and inquiries.
Authority: 35 U.S.C. 206; DOO 30-2A.
Source: 52 FR 8554, Mar. 18, 1987, unless otherwise noted.
