Who is ACORN and why should we care?

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) had it's start in the 60's as the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO). NWRO believed they could use poor unwed mothers to start a revolution. The NWRO campaigned for unlimited welfare benefits for those mothers and persuaded many urban politicians to loosen welfare eligibility requirements. This led to a more-than doubling of the welfare roles and strained local budgets. In the 70's NWRO expanded as a community organization. It was during this time that billions of dollars in federal and state aid was streaming to these local groups. In 1977 the Community Reinvestment Act passed pushing for banks to lend to low income communities. To avoid the possibility of a denied or delayed application, lending institutions had an incentive to make formal agreements with community organizations. ACORN has a budget of 35+ million and touts such agendas as a "living wage", increases in welfare roles and deregulating voter requirements. By any standard these are left wing agenda's. Pres. Obama was a part of this group in Chicago.

Now enter the 2010 Census which is supposed to be a non-partisan process. ACORN is participating in a big way. Doubts are already being raised about the accuracy of the count with ACORN involved. Remember this is the group which has repeatedly been brought up on charges for voter fraud all across the nation. In what world does this make sense? To top it off they are part of the stimulus package receiving 20 times the money that the AIG exec's got. So why no uproar about this? And how does 3-4 billion to a partisan group stimulate anything but the Democratic party? This is a corrupt left wing activist group that is now going to help decide where and to who our tax dollars go.

For all the talk about morals and ethics this administration has already surpassed in 2 months what it took Clinton 8 years to do. Elections matter!