Posts Tagged ‘ACORN’

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 at 7:26pm

Bailout Language Benefits Democrats, ACORN

Posted by Tom Skypek in Economy, Media

Here’s a must-read op-ed from The Wall Street Journal.  It details how groups like groups ACORN are likely to benefit–at taxpayer expense–from the bailout legislation proposed by the Democrats.  ACORN is a “non-partisan” partisan organization that has spent $16 million this year registering Democratic voters.  If you look up “voter fraud” in the dictionary, ACORN will be cited as one of the most egregious offenders. 

Taxpayers are naturally suspicious that political insiders and contributors on Wall Street are going to make out like bandits once Washington starts spending the $700 billion in the financial market rescue. But Democrats have already decided to spin off potentially billions of taxpayer dollars from the bailout fund to their own political buddies — not…

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