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Lonecowboy

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ACORN engaged in a scheme to use taxpayer money to support a partisan political agenda, according to a new report from Republicans on a House oversight committee.

The report, to be released Thursday afternoon, accuses ACORN of fraudulent activities and widespread corruption and calls for a criminal investigation into the advocacy group. It offers the first detailed account of the allegations that have dogged the organization in recent months.

ACORN, or the Association of Community Organizations for Reform, has been under constant fire from conservatives since last year for its support of Barack Obama's presidential candidacy and its planned participation in next year's 2010 census.

The report will be released by Rep. Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Issa's GOP colleagues.

The executive summary of the report says ACORN provided contributions of financial and personnel resources to indicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and candidate Obama, among others, in what the report calls a scheme to use taxpayer money to support a partisan political agenda, which would be a clear violation of numerous tax and election laws.

"Both structurally and operationally, ACORN hides behind a paper wall of nonprofit corporate protections to conceal a criminal conspiracy on the part of its directors, to launder federal money in order to pursue a partisan agenda and to manipulate the American electorate," an executive summary of the report reads.

foxnews.com
 

hypocritexposer

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Here's the report.

http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/media/pdfs/20090723ACORNReport.pdf

Table of Contents
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY....................................................................................................................... 3
II. FINDINGS .............................................................................................................................................. 6
III. THE ACORN HANGS FROM MANY BRANCHES......................................................................... 7
A. VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD............................................................................................................... 7
B. EMBEZZLEMENT.................................................................................................................................... 8
C. ORGANIZATIONAL MISMANAGEMENT................................................................................................... 9
D. POLITICAL ACTIVITY ........................................................................................................................... 10
IV. ACORN USES ITS COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TO FACILITATE
FRAUDULENT AND ILLEGAL ACTS.................................................................................................. 11
A. ACORN FAILS TO FULFILL ITS CORPORATE DUTIES ............................................................................. 15
1. ACORN Breached Its Fiduciary Duties by Covering up Dale Rathke’s Embezzlement ................. 16
a) ACORN Violated ERISA..................................................................................................... 22
b) ACORN Breached Its Duty of Care ..................................................................................... 29
c) The Embezzlement Is An “Excess Benefit” Transaction Prohibited By The IRS ................ 31
2. ACORN Breached Its Corporate Duties by Failing to Abide by its Bylaws.................................... 31
3. ACORN’s Financial and Structural Mismanagement Has Led to Its Failure to Uphold Its
Corporate Duties ............................................................................................................................... 35
a) ACORN Lacks Quality Control in Hiring and Supervision of Employees ......................... 44
B. ACORN AND ITS AFFILIATES ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE IRS .............................................. 47
1. Congress, In Regulating Nonprofits Intended Nonprofits As Not-for-Politics................................ 48
2. ACORN and Its Affiliates Violated Their Restrictions As Nonprofits ............................................. 48
3. ACORN and Its Affiliates Engage In Substantial Lobbying Activities ............................................ 52
V. CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................... 73
VI. APPENDIX 1: ACORN COUNCIL ................................................................................................... 74
VII. APPENDIX 2: RICO ANALYSIS..................................................................................................... 82
 

MsSage

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next year's 2010 census
its already started. I know for a fact in SC they have already gone and GPS mapped all the residences and business. They will start the door to door this Sept.
 

Bullhauler

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MsSage said:
next year's 2010 census
its already started. I know for a fact in SC they have already gone and GPS mapped all the residences and business. They will start the door to door this Sept.

Listing addrersses in not the census. That is just the getting ready part. The same thing happened in 1999 just without all the fancy gps that they had this time around.
 

MsSage

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NO but it is the begining the gather all the info and Sept will be the actual gathering of the numbers. They need to have the addys so they can mail the forms.
 
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