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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
Please note that I said: "lending practices ACORN advocated" damaged the world economy, not "ACORN pulled down the world economy." The policies to which I refer are the laws, among which the CRA is one, which encouraged the development of the "sub-prime" lending market and its' associated sale of bundled loans, the collapse of which has so damaged the global economy over the past few weeks.
I direct your attention to the recent incidents in Nevada, in which ACORN registration volunteers not only signed up pets, resterants, and the starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys, but were also accused by at least two people of trying to register them to vote fifteen or more times, aggressively in both cases.
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It's odd that an advocate for poor people would support predatory lending. If you're looking for a villain there, try the banks or advocates of Reaganite deregulation. Among other things, Acorn campaigns against foreclosures. In light of that, i'd say they're propping up the property market and supporting the health of the global economy.
2 people thought Acorn folks were overly pushy, some absurd registrations were thrown out as they should have been, and no one voted fraudulently. Minor stuff.