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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

Category: Citizen Wealth

House Underwater – Abandon Ship!

Citizen Wealth Foreclosure January 11, 2010January 11, 2010 by wade

New Orleans I’ve been thinking about this for awhile in utter frustration at the Government’s protection of banks and unwillingness to write down principal to allow homeowners to rightsize their payments with their home values and protect their citizen wealth.  I’ve come right up to the line of accusing Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner of pimping …

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US Census Backlash Hurts Cities

ACORN Citizen Wealth January 6, 2010 by wade

Monteverde Admittedly in the 24-hour news cycle the memory lasts about the same length of time, but it wasn’t that long ago that we got to read about the cave-in of the U. S. Census Bureau to the partisan assault on their partnerships, including ACORN and more recently SEIU.  This is all rich since it’s …

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Finally Regulating Tax Preparers

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice January 5, 2010 by wade

Octatel This may be a case of doing the right thing for the wrong reason, but under any circumstance, it is good news for the the 60% of American taxpayers who pay money to tax preparers for help with their returns:  the IRS finally announced that they are going to require certification and registration for …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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