Group linked to Barack Obama taped giving advice to 'brothel owners' - Telegraph »
Posted By RTHTGakaRoland 6 months ago in News
The US Census Bureau has broken links with the controversial community group Acorn, once a close ally of President Barack Obama, after it supported a purported brothel owner with a stable of underage prostitutes.
Acorn employees were taped giving advice on tax avoidance and employment of 13-year-old illegal immigrants to Right-wing activists posing as brothel owners.
"It is clear that Acorn's affiliation with the 2010 census promotion has caused sufficient concern in the general public, has indeed become a distraction from our mission, and may even become a discouragement to public cooperation, negatively impacting 2010 census efforts," said Robert Groves, the census director.
Acorn - the Association of Community Organisations for Reform Now - is a poverty action group with over 400,00 members that pushes for better housing, government grants and voters registration.
The group became a controversial 2008 election issue after investigations showed that employees submitted dozens of false voter registration forms, including some with names such as Mickey Mouse.
Mr Obama, however, vigorously defended Acorn, saying last year: "I come out of a grassroots organising background.
"I've been fighting alongside Acorn on issues you care about my entire career. Even before I was an elected official, when I ran Project Vote voter registration drive in Illinois, Acorn was smack dab in the middle of it, and we appreciate your work."
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I hear that they are still in line for approx 8 billion in stimulus money.
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Also I hear that ACORN could lose their 'non profit' status with the IRS over this faux pas.....
My hat is off to the young investigative reporters that did this and lets face it, their evidence is pretty damning and damaging to Acorn's 'special image' in the 0 Man's political world. -
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