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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: Financial Justice

Ehrenreich Nails Sorry Safety Net

ACORN Citizen Wealth Community Organizing Financial Justice July 12, 2009July 12, 2009 by wade

New Orleans On my current obsessive Citizen Wealth beat in the heart of the current depression, it was bittersweet reading this morning as the unparalleled Barbara Ehrenreich excoriated the current administration and the total fallacies that have now been exposed in lack of support for the suddenly poor or the ongoing destitute.  I’m going to …

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No Home Loans for Self-Employed

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Foreclosure July 11, 2009 by wade

New Orleans The draconian back door assault on citizen wealth continues as the impacts of new credit rules ripple through mortgage market and deny motivated – and qualified – buyers access to loans.  A quote in the Times today is revealing:  “Stuart Fraass of Guaranteed Rate Inc. ‘If you’re self-employed, you have virtually no chance …

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Citizen Wealth from Birth

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice July 9, 2009 by wade

New Orleans Senator Charles Schumer from New York actually has a good plan which would substantially build citizen wealth: having the government give every child a $500 saving account at birth, matching it along the way with individual savings, and making it tax-free, so that at maturity, there would be a real increase in individual …

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