http://chieforganizer.org/2009/11/24/memphis-tea-party-blues/ Founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, Author of Citizen Wealth. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://chieforganizer.org/2009/11/24/memphis-tea-party-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-1894 Paul Teague Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:13:57 +0000 http://chieforganizer.org/?p=2460#comment-1894 I would just like to rebut on a comment you made in reference to me - sorry if you misunderstood. I am the man you referred to about the "hard luck story." What you misinterpreted was that I had said I had lost my job in this failing economy, and had stepped outside the box to reinvent my career. I do have a job - as the Campaign Finance Director for Donn Janes for House of Representatives in Tennessee's 8th district. Between employment, I did not ask for any government handout's, any help from family members or friends, because I prepare in advance for disasters. I believe in reducing our dependency on government, and increasing our independence by creating our own wealth through hard work, creativity and perseverance. Oddly, the group you were referring to in your Creating Citizen Wealth book campaign, the under privileged and impoverished did not seem to be represented by the 20 or so people that showed up. It would seem that if you want to teach them how to take advantage of these government resources, you might go into Orange Mound or South Memphis, the most impoverished areas here and grab about 100 people and say I want to teach you how to create Citizen wealth. I would just like to rebut on a comment you made in reference to me – sorry if you misunderstood. I am the man you referred to about the “hard luck story.” What you misinterpreted was that I had said I had lost my job in this failing economy, and had stepped outside the box to reinvent my career. I do have a job – as the Campaign Finance Director for Donn Janes for House of Representatives in Tennessee’s 8th district. Between employment, I did not ask for any government handout’s, any help from family members or friends, because I prepare in advance for disasters. I believe in reducing our dependency on government, and increasing our independence by creating our own wealth through hard work, creativity and perseverance. Oddly, the group you were referring to in your Creating Citizen Wealth book campaign, the under privileged and impoverished did not seem to be represented by the 20 or so people that showed up. It would seem that if you want to teach them how to take advantage of these government resources, you might go into Orange Mound or South Memphis, the most impoverished areas here and grab about 100 people and say I want to teach you how to create Citizen wealth.

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