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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".

Tag: Trump Administration

On Family Leave, Europe is On Another Planet

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice December 9, 2017December 11, 2017 by digital

New Orleans  Embedded in the current wrangling in Congress over the different versions of the tax bill is a small childcare credit. Depending on the report, it’s value might be around $1000, if it survives the horsetrading. Sadly, budget and tax estimates find that the benefits for lower income families are nil. Families with income …

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Anyone Who Claims to Know What’s In the New Tax Bill is Lying

Citizen Wealth DC Politics Financial Justice December 2, 2017December 4, 2017 by digital

Memphis  In a frenzy of wheeling and dealing, the Republicans in the US Senate passed something called a tax bill that seems to have been a grab bag that certainly included taxes, but also was filled with a mixed assortment of body parts, wish lists, and IOUs that may or may not ever be able …

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Sheriff Trump and Frontier Justice

Ideas and Issues November 4, 2017November 6, 2017 by digital

New Orleans   It is becoming increasingly clear that President Trump ran for the wrong office. He is failing as president, because it turns out that he didn’t really want to be president at all, not deep down anyway. Don’t get me wrong, he loves being president, but it’s hard work, lots of pressure, and not …

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