The Unravelling of ACORN
Co-conspirators Throw ACORN Under the Bus – Is SEIU Next?
Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- September 25
Lou Dobbs: New investigations, new charges against the left-wing activist group ACORN Senate Republicans charging ACORN has been running a big shell game taking in millions of dollars in both charitable donations and federal tax dollars using them for its own political agenda. Ines Ferre has our report.
Ines Ferre, CNN Correspondent: The flow of money between ACORN affiliates is a "big shell game" according to the Republican staffers. Senator Chuck Grassley's tax team found in 2006 ACORN had 94 organizations under its umbrella, some nonprofit some for profit. Many of them were located at one address in New Orleans. It also found that ACORN's four largest charities received more than $20 million in revenue in 2006, most of it through charitable contributions and government grants. More than 50 percent of that money went to other ACORN affiliates including taxable entities. The National Legal and Policy Center says the study is exactly what the IRS needs to fully investigate ACORN.
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Reuters -- September 28
B of A suspends ACORN commitments: report
Washington Post -- September 27
Not Far From the Tree
While everyone in Washington is suddenly pretending they've hardly ever heard of ACORN, they might want to pretend they've never heard of the SEIU, one of the nation's largest unions. |
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