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Line 1: + − + + − + − − {{quotation|One is hard-pressed to find in the organization's many antipoverty initiatives any programs that address social dysfunctions like illegitimacy and single parenthood. Instead, as Acorn's executive director, Steven Kest, said several years ago, "We are more focused on irresponsible behavior in the corporate sector. I don't think [illegitimacy] comes anywhere close to the irresponsible behavior of people running the largest businesses in this country."<ref name=living-wage>[http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm Manhattan Institute]]</ref> }} − − ===To establish a "living wage"===
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (view source)
Revision as of 17:29, September 18, 2009
, 17:29, September 18, 2009Typical liberal hypocrisy
[[File:ACORN.jpg|right]]
[[File:ACORN.jpg|right]]
The '''Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now''', or '''ACORN'''.
The '''Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now''', or '''ACORN'''.
"Though Acorn touts living-wage laws as a way to lift the working poor into the middle class, the vast body of academic work on wage laws shows that they end up hurting the poor by forcing businesses to eliminate some low-wage jobs. Acorn's own leadership understands this principle perfectly. When California regulators sued Acorn for not paying its own workers the minimum wage, Acorn argued that this would endanger its mission—because it would have to hire fewer workers."<ref name=living-wage>[http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm Manhattan Institute]]</ref>
==Goals==
==Harassment of corporations==
{{quotation|One is hard-pressed to find in the organization's many antipoverty initiatives any programs that address social dysfunctions like illegitimacy and single parenthood. Instead, as Acorn's executive director, Steven Kest, said several years ago, "We are more focused on irresponsible behavior in the corporate sector. I don't think [illegitimacy] comes anywhere close to the irresponsible behavior of people running the largest businesses in this country."<ref name=living-wage/> }}
===To harass corporations===
==Campaign to establish a "living wage"===
{{quotation|... the "[[living wage]]" is the group's most successful local issue.<ref name=living-wage />}}
{{quotation|... the "[[living wage]]" is the group's most successful local issue.<ref name=living-wage />}}