New Orleans Almost three years since the ACORN board and staff at that time pulled the plug on the organization and spread to the four corners of the country, it was suddenly another “ACORN week” in many ways in some weird coincidence of the calendar. James O’Keefe, III, the criminal videographer who recently had …
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House Republicans Propose “Groundhog Day” Ban on Federal Funding for ACORN
New Orleans They’re back! The Republican Hater Patrol is roaming the streets of Congress again, and this time they are pulling white sheets of paper up to their heads. It appears the Republicans are working hard to re-brand themselves as vampire hunters modeled after last year’s movie about the young Abraham Lincoln as his pre-presidential …
Aaron is Right, Aviv is Wrong: The Wealthy Cannot Keep Escaping Taxes
Quito A number of the big dog, nonprofit charities trooped over to visit with Congress to try to protect every dime of their tax breaks, especially the blanket deductions that favor the rich and superrich. They were led by Diane Aviv, the longtime head of Independent Sector, the big nonprofits trade group that has recently …