Wall Street Journal Continues Curious Campaign against Lifeline Telephone for the Poor

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New Orleans   Spencer Ante and the Journal continue their curious, and in many ways deceptive, campaign against the FCC’s lifeline telephone program, which allow the poor to have basic access to a telephone for less than $10 a month for emergency messages and a limited number of texts and calls.  The company’s’  providing the service …

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Exempt Donated Labor on Taxes the Same as Cash Contributions

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice

New Orleans   Following all of the discussions on reforming the income tax system isn’t easy, especially since much of the time the people saying they are for reform and closing the loopholes really aren’t and sometimes the people saying they aren’t for reform, really should be.  Confused?  Yes, me too! I stirred the pot a …

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LSU and Louisiana Silence the Truth of Corps of Engineers’ Levee Failure after Katrina

ACORN Rebuild New Orleans

New Orleans   Seven and a half years have ticked off the calendar since Katrina devastated New Orleans and much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.  At this point it is widely conceded, common knowledge, and general consensus that the heart of the destruction of New Orleans came from the “catastrophic structural failure due to pressure bursts” in …

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