Senate says HUD cannot fund ACORN; Will House agree?
Is it any surprise? We’ve known for some time that ACORN is a questionable organization. The latest pimp and prostitute video is just the icing on the cake, comments the Hot Air blog. Now the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) [...]
“Usury Law & The Christian Right” | Meyers’ Critique
A few months ago, I posted my brief review of the academic paper “Usury Law and the Christian Right: Faith Based Political Power and the Geography of the American Payday Loan Regulation.” I did this because authors Stephen Graves and Christopher Peterson [...]
Economic change I can agree with
(CLICK HERE if you missed part one of this article on the National Council For a New America.)
As the country battles through the worst economic crisis in a generation, we must remain focused on the foundations and institutions that have made us the most prosperous [...]
Freddie Mac Official Dead in Apparent Suicide
Tough year for consumer finance. People use online cash advance loans and credit cards to dig in where their paychecks don’t go, but habitual use can create trouble. It has also been a rough year for American high finance. Small and large banks have [...]
If there aren’t enough corpses voting for you…
Like C.H.U.D., some politicians’ and bankers’ eyes are aglow at the prospect of such juicy opportunity. Unlike C.H.U.D., however, they bite with legislation and fees rather than teeth…
Politics and business as usual have combined to drag America’s economy into the sewer. Subterranean [...]
Trying to make lawlessness “social justice”
This concludes a four-article series regarding ACORN and its connections in politics, big money and abuse of the taxpayer’s trust. It can be argued that no one entity has brought the American economy to its knees without a cash advance, but ACORN and organizations close [...]
ACORN rides greased wheels
This is part three of a four-part series. Parts ONE and TWO are required reading for anyone interested in justice for the American taxpayer/homeowner. Your payday loan source is happy to bring this information to you.
…we have the opportunity to work on a range of issues at [...]
They are mobilizing to grab power
(This is part two of a four-part article. CLICK HERE if you missed part one. If you want more information about a payday loan, FOLLOW THIS LINK)
Polett writes
Both to focus the strategic thinking of our political work and to put ourselves in position to attempt [...]
American axis
President Obama has spoken well of the virtues of public service. On the surface of things, it is admirable to sacrifice one’s time and resources to help others in need. However, with the continuing controversy of the HR 1388 “mandatory volunteerism” bill inflaming the public’s sense of what is [...]
Too dangerous to ignore
This article concludes my study of the Employment Policies Institute’s (EPI) report “Rotten ACORN: America’s Bad Seed.” Click here if you wish to view parts ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR or FIVE of this article series.
We’ve seen that the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) speaks [...]
How do they get away with this?
Thanks for tuning in to part five of this series on ACORN and the economic shell game they play with American workers. Click here for parts ONE, TWO, THREE and FOUR.
ACORN pays below the living wage it advocates, yet bullies others into toeing the [...]
Fighting when it’s convenient
In part four of this series, we’re going to take a look at just how hypocritical ACORN is when it comes to providing a living wage. It’s a case of “great for them, but not in my backyard.” Click here if you missed parts ONE, TWO or [...]
The cult of Wade Rathke
This is part two in a series of articles designed to hit upon the high points of an extensive report prepared by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) entitled “Rotten ACORN: America’s Bad Seed.” If you missed part one, CLICK HERE.
The Rathke family wields absolute control over [...]
A vast empire, grown from an ACORN
The Employment Policies Institute (EPI), a non-profit research organization dedicated to studying public policy issues surrounding employment growth, put together an extensive report in 2006 on just how much the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) talks a good game when it [...]
Your money, rolling in the mud
Barbara Hollingsworth of the D.C. Examiner recently offered inquiring minds a glimpse into how some of the economic stimulus dollars taxpayers are putting up will work. Specifically, for those of you who love pork and controversial special interests like the Association for Community Organization for [...]
The means do not justify the ends
Michelle Malkin writes in her blog about how far ACORN has gone off the deep end. First there’s bullying civil disobedience to prevent homes from being foreclosed. Then came the perfectly normal, perfectly healthy next step. ACORN is practicing breaking and entering on foreclosed [...]
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 [...]
20/20 subprime-sight
Martin Eakes of the Center For Responsible Lending recently distributed a press release in which he reacts to President Obama’s plan to fix the housing crisis that plagues America. Nothing like damage control for the image after your business was directly involved in causing the subprime mortgage crisis to [...]