Friday, September 11, 2009

ACORN Takes A Hit

Second Opinion: ACORN, prostitution and tax evasion - A virtual meeting of The Sun's editorial board, where issues are discussed, opinions made - baltimoresun.com: "Yes, taped with a hidden camera, two Baltimore ACORN workers give advice to a man and a woman identifying themselves as a pimp and a prostitute on how to evade the authorities and cheat on their taxes, including how to claim 13 underage El Salvadoran sex slaves as dependents. At no point in the video do the ACORN workers bat an eyelash or give any impression that they find this unusual.

Once the video became public, ACORN promptly fired the two workers, though it's hard to know how seriously to take the organization's reaction. Baltimore ACORN board chairman Sonja Merchant-Jones told WJZ-TV that 'We've investigated and we found nothing that they did to be illegal. Absolutely zero.' Really? Advising someone to claim girls trafficked into the country illegally as sex workers as dependents on her tax returns?..."

And another hit.

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