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ACORN’s Stimulus


I have an article in the American Spectator today called “ACORN’s Stimulus.” Here are the top three paragraphs:

With a new president ensconced in the White House, it’s time to roll out the goodies for loyal supporters in left-of-center political advocacy groups such as ACORN.

The latest economic stimulus bill promises to do just that by providing a huge bailout –up to $5.2 billion in taxpayer funds — for some of the same liberal groups that helped get Barack Obama elected.

The three relevant fiscal provisions are buried deep in the $825 billion monstrosity known as the proposed “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.” […]

Matthew Vadum

The author of Subversion Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers (WND Books, 2011), Vadum, former senior vice president at CRC, writes and speaks widely…
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