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The '''Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now''' ('''ACORN''') is "the largest radical group in America,"<ref name=kurtz-inside> [http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDZiMjkwMDczZWI5ODdjOWYxZTIzZGIyNzEyMjE0ODI= Inside Obama’s Acorn: By their fruits ye shall know them] - Stanley Kurtz</ref>

The '''Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now''' ('''ACORN''') is "the largest radical group in America,"<ref name=kurtz-inside> [http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDZiMjkwMDczZWI5ODdjOWYxZTIzZGIyNzEyMjE0ODI= Inside Obama’s Acorn: By their fruits ye shall know them] - Stanley Kurtz</ref>

working "to take over the system from within, rather than futilely try to overthrow it from without." [

working "to take over the system from within, rather than futilely try to overthrow it from without."<ref name=kurtz-inside-2> [http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDZiMjkwMDczZWI5ODdjOWYxZTIzZGIyNzEyMjE0ODI=&w=MQ== Kurtz, page 2]</ref>

"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=squash>[http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm Manhattan Institute]]</ref>

"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=squash>[http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm Manhattan Institute]]</ref>

==Campaign to establish a "living wage"==

==Campaign to establish a "living wage"==

According to [[Steven Malanga]], the "[[living wage]]" is the group's most successful local issue.<ref name=living-wage />

According to [[Steven Malanga]], the "[[living wage]]" is the group's most successful local issue.<ref name=squash/>

"Unfortunately, instead of helping workers, Acorn’s [[living-wage]] campaigns drive businesses out of the very neighborhoods where jobs are needed most."<ref name=kurtz-inside />

"Unfortunately, instead of helping workers, Acorn’s [[living-wage]] campaigns drive businesses out of the very neighborhoods where jobs are needed most."<ref name=kurtz-inside />