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==Consumer advocacy==

==Consumer advocacy==

Acorn now operates in more than 100 cities with a national budget of $37 million. <ref>[http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm Acorn Squash] WSJ, August 26, 2006</ref> Under the guise of consumer advocacy, this left-wing [[liberal]] group takes in 40 percent of its revenues from American taxpayers and has leveraged nearly four decades of government subsidies to fund affiliates that promote the welfare state and undermine capitalism and self-reliance. <ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2008/06/25/the-acorn-obama-knows/ The ACORN Obama knows] Michelle Malkin, June 25, 2008<ref>

Acorn now operates in more than 100 cities with a national budget of $37 million. <ref>[http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm Acorn Squash] WSJ, August 26, 2006</ref> Under the guise of consumer advocacy, this left-wing [[liberal]] group takes in 40 percent of its revenues from American taxpayers and has leveraged nearly four decades of government subsidies to fund affiliates that promote the welfare state and undermine capitalism and self-reliance. <ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2008/06/25/the-acorn-obama-knows/ The ACORN Obama knows] Michelle Malkin, June 25, 2008</ref>

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