I had to have a background check, but they didn't need tax returns from me (thank God).
It's all about choices, Faith. The ones we make, and the ones we don't. Oh, and the consequences. Those are always fun.
Angelus ,'Smile Time'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Glamcookie - Sep 16, 2009 12:08:48 pm PDT #9182 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Daisy Jane - Sep 16, 2009 12:13:03 pm PDT #9183 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Those ACORN videos appear to have really torpedoed them. The senate voted to bar any further federal funding by a vote of 83-7.
And you know what? I've kinda kept my mouth shut about this, but frankly, it's a bunch of crap. If they indeed were going to get helped, they would have had to fill out an application, have the income verified, produced bank statements, & so on. If someone is trying to pay taxes, or vote, or have their homes tested for lead, ACORN helps them navigate the system.
For the most part that's what they're there for. Need a crack house demolished in your poor neighborhood? They'll send protesters to see that councilman who has been ignoring you. Getting kicked out of your apartments because they're being knocked down for another strip mall, ACORN is there for you. And yes, need help filing your taxes because you don't know what all you are eligible for (and let's face it, often poorer people pay more in taxes than they should because they don't have accountants to tell them what credits they've earned), they hire tax professionals to help you with your return.
Know how I know all this? I worked for them, for the housing arm.
erikaj - Sep 16, 2009 12:19:18 pm PDT #9184 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yes, this. I mean, I understand the perception thing, and the scandal thing, but I think it's still a shame. But I guess they're not "too big to fail"
Polter-Cow - Sep 16, 2009 12:22:15 pm PDT #9185 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I get confused when people talk about the political ACORN because I work with this ACORN.
Daisy Jane - Sep 16, 2009 12:22:50 pm PDT #9186 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I think they just were upset they couldn't create a scandal out of the thing ACORN actually does do-help poor people have a voice.
Daisy Jane - Sep 16, 2009 12:23:35 pm PDT #9187 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Not all of ACORN is political. The Housing corporation is a 501c3 and is not allowed to be.
Jesse - Sep 16, 2009 12:28:00 pm PDT #9188 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think they just were upset they couldn't create a scandal out of the thing ACORN actually does do-help poor people have a voice.
Absolutely.
Polter-Cow - Sep 16, 2009 12:28:28 pm PDT #9189 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, "political ACORN" was shorthand for "ACORN that is discussed in political conversations."
Daisy Jane - Sep 16, 2009 12:30:26 pm PDT #9190 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I understand what you meant. I'm just pointing out that the two are often conflated and they aren't the same. We weren't even allowed to share pens or copier paper with the organizers.
erikaj - Sep 16, 2009 12:31:41 pm PDT #9191 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
I feel like a cornerboy on The Wire saying this, but we *know* some of the banks and mortgage firms and whatever did worse shit than that, but most of them are bouncing back this year. (That doesn't mean they shouldn't keep their house clean, but I think there's a lot of Fautrage(tm dkos) at play here. Also selective enforcement.) It's like the drug laws, but with money.