Yesterday Kevin Mooney at Big Government posted a story on the current status of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Congress is in the process of defunding the organization after some scandels relating to voter registration and how money was spent.
Mr. Mooney points out that although ACORN claims to have disbanded, it has simply changed its name and continued. ACORN Housing, for example, is now the Affordable Housing Centers of America. Federal records show that ACORN has received over $53 million in federal funds since 1994. There is some question as to whether or not Congress will successfully cut off these federal funds. Meanwhile, ACORN is not suffering from a money shortage. Wellspring Advisors, Vanguard Charitable Endowment, the Rockefeller Fund and the Tides Foundation are some of the organizations people can give to in order to support ACORN.
Project Vote is the ACORN entity that all of us need to be concerned about in November. The organization conducts registration drives to register Democrat voters and has a reputation for illegal registrations. ACORN is the subject of voter registration fraud investigations in at least 14 states. These are the people who registered to Dallas Cowboys starting lineup to vote in Nevada and Mickey Mouse to vote in Florida.
The article states:
"The political operatives that continue to stand behind the renamed affiliates are very shrewd in the sense that they will target areas where elections are close and where they have sympathetic local election officials."
ACORN will continue to be funded as long as there are people who value being in power more than integrity. I understand that ACORN may have helped people get affordable housing, but the fact that they were willing to fund an underage prostitution ring convinces me that they should not receive federal funds. Until all their tentacles are defunded, they will be a waste of federal money and a threat to the integrity of American elections.
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