ACORN likely to file for bankruptcy - GoFuckYourself.com

epitome · 03-20-2010, 03:53 AM

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/us...0acorn.html?hp

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Over the last six months, at least 15 of the group?s 30 state chapters have disbanded and have no plans of re-forming, Acorn officials said.

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This week, the Maryland chapter announced that it would not reopen its offices, which were shuttered in September in the wake of a widely publicized series of video recordings made by two conservative activists, posing as a prostitute and a pimp, who secretly filmed Acorn workers providing them tax advice. In the videos, Acorn workers told one of the activists, James E. O?Keefe III, how to hide prostitution activities from the authorities and avoid taxes, raising no objections to his proposed criminal activities.

After the activists? videos came to light and swiftly became fodder for 24-hour cable news coverage, private donations from foundations to Acorn all but evaporated and the federal government quickly distanced itself from the group.

The Census Bureau ended its partnership with the organization for this year?s census, the Internal Revenue Service dropped Acorn from its Voluntary Income Tax Assistance program, and Congress voted to cut off all grants to the group.

A network that once included more than 1,000 grass-roots groups, Acorn, which stands for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, was created in 1970 and has fought for liberal causes like raising the minimum wage, registering the poor to vote, stopping predatory lending and expanding affordable housing.

They had probably been giving out "advice" like that in the videos since the 70's.

ACORN's star rose and fell seemingly overnight.

HeadPimp · 03-20-2010, 06:31 AM

Good! Though they will most likely just reform under a different name and start leeching money off of us all over again. At least this way we get a break from it.

03-20-2010, 06:36 AM

They can file for bankruptcy under ACORN because they've already registered a new entity in New York and are back in operation, apparently to 'escape the stigma' of the ACORN name. lol We'll see them at the next election, I'm sure.

F-U-Jimmy · 03-20-2010, 09:39 AM

Shit i still use mine

cykoe6 · 03-20-2010, 12:31 PM

Good to see those scumbags get their due......... but of course they are just reforming their cirminal enterprise under another name.

nation-x · 03-20-2010, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by cykoe6

Good to see those scumbags get their due......... but of course they are just reforming their cirminal enterprise under another name.

lol... that statement is uninformed at best.

nico-t · 03-20-2010, 01:36 PM

i thought it was called 'bankrupsy'?

escorpio · 03-20-2010, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by nico-t

i thought it was called 'bankrupsy'?

Only in Canada.

epitome · 03-20-2010, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by nico-t

i thought it was called 'bankrupsy'?

I was going to spell it that way but was worried that too small of a % would get it and the majority could call me an idiot.

cykoe6 · 03-20-2010, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by nation-x

lol... that statement is uninformed at best.

Translated: You disagree with nation-x on a topic so obviously you must be uniformed..... as it is impossible to disagree with nation-x if you are aware of the facts.

I guess passing your GED on the very first try has given you a high degree of confidence in your own infallibility.

HandballJim · 03-20-2010, 06:51 PM

are we going to bail them out too?

epitome · 03-20-2010, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by HandballJim

are we going to bail them out too?

Nah. They served their purpose and are therefore disposable.

mozadek · 03-20-2010, 07:03 PM

ACORN will be back under a new name to piss off the right.

GAMEFINEST · 03-20-2010, 07:11 PM

thats very nice

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