How I Wish For an ACORN-Free Christmas

Wouldn’t it be a good Christmas if ACORN had to close up shop?

As its financial resources dwindle, radical advocacy group and organized crime syndicate ACORN may have to file for bankruptcy protection before Christmas, ACORN insiders say.

“They may have to file for bankruptcy if they don’t have several big pending grants approved or get emergency loans,” a highly placed ACORN source told me over the weekend. This information bolsters Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-Calif.) claim last week that ACORN is in turmoil amidst internal power struggles and on the verge of bankruptcy.

Given that ACORN is a network of hundreds of affiliated nonprofits, it’s not exactly clear how a bankruptcy filing would work, but the idea is under serious consideration by ACORN’s leadership. It was discussed at length at the group’s most recent national board meeting, which took place in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., during the Oct. 14-15 weekend, ACORN sources told me.

Oh, but the progressive left might say, ACORN does many good works. They help poor people. They encourage people to vote (lots of times, and under different names, apparently). They fight for low-income housing. If they close down…why unspecified horrible things will happen to the poor and houseless.

To that I can only say, Mussolini made the trains run on time, but I don’t feel nostalgic for the old boy’s return.

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Tags: ACORN, Corruption

Category: Progressives