ACORN pains me
Hundreds of thousands of families across the country are facing foreclosure. Many have already been put out of their homes. How does this happen in America? How is subprime lending (thanks to ACORN, the Community Reinvestment Act and Self-Help, Inc.) allowed to go on for so long before a president (Barack Obama) takes action? The president’s subprime recovery program is a step in the right direction.
But ACORN wants to play the villain in hero’s clothing. According to Rasmussen Reports, they are “encouraging people in foreclosure to resist the law and refuse to leave their homes.” Twenty-one percent (21%) of Americans support the idea. That’s better than one in every five of us, people. That’ll make up for that mess you made earlier, ACORN! I’m even going to take you out for Chicken McNuggets and Slushees later!
Luckily, 54 of Americans are smart
That percentage of people polled via phone oppose ACORN’s “passive resistance” tactic. So at least half of us understand what kind of damage a little ACORN can do. An even higher percentage of homeowners (60 percent) take the nay train.
Along political lines, 76 percent of Republicans oppose ACORN’s smoke screen. Democrats are divided, with 31 percent in favor and 35 percent opposed.
Halting foreclosures? People can get behind THAT
Fifty-six percent of Americans polled by Rasmussen Reports are favorable to the government forcing banks to stop all mortgage foreclosures for the next six months. President Obama’s $275-billion housing program is designed to help those most in danger. It will include that tact of subsidizing mortgage payments, however. A majority (45 percent; not counting undecided) claim this rewards those who bit off more home than they could chew in the first place. Similarly, 53 percent are against having the government help pay down the principal for troubled borrowers.
According to news reports, ACORN, officially known as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, has plans to expand its so-called “Home Savers” campaign to more than 20 cities, including New York, Baltimore, Boston, Denver, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Dallas.
A bad nut in the bunch
ACORN, according to Rasmussen, “describes itself as “the nation’s largest grassroots community organization of low- and moderate-income people.” The majority of upper-income people polled oppose ACORN’s programs. Fifty-eight percent of Caucasians polled oppose ACORN’s “Home Savers” idea, while 41 percent of African-Americans are against the program. In both cases, there are significant “undecided” groups. Thankfully, no self-respecting, free-thinking citizens were harmed during polls.
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That isn’t civil disobedience. I hate to see the good names of Ghandi, Martin Luther King, and so many brave others who fought for justice sullied by people like ACORN. Social justice is not something that an organization like ACORN, run like its own private fiefdom and usurping the democratic process is really after. What they want is everybody to get the American Dream without having to work for it, and not having something through the fruits of labor like getting a home and a car was long ago, is a cheat to the people who managed themselves through determination and work.