ACORN is funneling money to political and money making efforts

  Another day brings yet another controversy to ACORN. The hits just keep on coming. The latest ACORN scandal, found in documents released by Sen. Grassley, reveal that the supposedly non-profit organization has been funneling money that was supposed to help the poor to political and profit making allies instead. More than half of the money that ACORN received in 2006 went to such causes instead of where it was intended to go– to the poor.

According to the Grassley report, charities “are being used to raise monies which are then funneled to other charities or to other organizations for purposes other than what the donor may have intended. . . . Dollars raised for charitable [purposes] appear to be used for impermissible lobbing and political activity.”

  It would appear that ACORN is using their tax exempt charitable status as a front for a political agenda. Who woulda thunk it? 

  ACORN portrays themselves as a champion of the poor and oppressed people in this country but we are learning that this is nothing more than a front for their true goals of pushing a political agenda. This comes as no surprise, the only surprise is that they are finally being called on it.

 There is nothing more dubious than for an organization that claims it is raising money for the poor to take more than half of the money that it has raised and send it to political and money making organizations instead of giving the money to the people that it claims it is trying to help.

  This is just further proof that ACORN isn’t as interested in helping people as it is in helping a political party. A full investigation is warranted, ACORN should lose federal funding permanently, and they should be forced to return all taxpayers dollars that they have received over the years.