ACORN: Growing Corruption at the Highest Levels

ACORN: Growing Corruption at the Highest Levels

ACORN has won the court battle to keep the government from cutting funding to the Looney Leftwing organization. The decision is disastrous for the US, and not just for the obvious reasons of taxpayers being forced to support corruption, graft, and fraudulent voters.

To recap the vile nature of ACORN, they are a Looney Left organization that worked “hand in hand” with Pres. Obama before the election, during the election, and after the election, until two enterprising defenders of truth unmasked exactly how terrible and convoluted the organization was. ACORN is under indictment in several states, and under investigation in others, for vote rigging, voter intimidation, and election fraud, along with an investigation regarding irregular campaign finances.

The two defenders of truth went undercover, and discovered that ACORN was also willing to assist bringing in illegal immigrants for human trafficking. Incredibly, the ACORN staffers gave several tips on how to make even more money on the horrible trade of slaves.

As if that weren’t bad enough, Stimulus 1, the first trillion dollars Pres. Obama spent, in an emergency manner because we were “three hours from martial law” if we didn’t spend it, mandated that ACORN receive 4% of all monies disbursed from Stimulus 1. That’s right. Stimulus 1, the package all Democratic Representatives and one Senator from Iowa voted for, GAVE $40,000,000,000 (that’s BILLION if you don’t want to count the zeroes) to this organization over the next 2-3 years. Talk about making sure the Democrats get elected for the next 50 years.

When the videos of the ACORN staffers aiding and abetting human traffickers made the news, Congress finally did the right thing and voted to rescind the federal funding of ACORN. ACORN then sued the US Government to continue the funding, on the grounds that it was unconstitutional to single them out to rescind funding. The courts have decided in ACORN’s favor, ruling that it is unconstitutional to rescind funding specifically against one organization.

What a terrible and tragic decision. ACORN was singled out to receive federal funds, but apparently it can’t be singled out to rescind funding, even in the face of fraud, graft, corruption, and supporting human trafficking. And the news media has completely ignored this decision. In fact, the Des Moines Register had the court’s decision on the very back page in the upper left hand corner. Great reporting on a critical issue like this guys.

So why is this decision so monumental?

By making this decision, the courts have said that once money is granted, no matter what, or how it’s used, or how it may affect the budget, you cannot take it away. Congress can give money, but cannot take it back. Just think of the things that we now can’t get our money back from. $8 billion for a train in the desert for Harry Reid, Sens. Boxer and Feinstein, and Nancy Pelosi. We’ll never be able to cut off funding to ACORN. Or Wall Street. Or the car companies. It just means the government will never be able to balance the budget, ever, because they will have the excuse that the courts won’t let them balance it.

I want to know why our Representatives, Boswell, Loebsack, and Braley, and Sen. Harkin voted for such a terrible funding project. I want to know why they are such devotees to the Cult of Obama. And most importantly, I want to know why Iowa did not get anything out Stimulus 1. $40 billion in Iowa for our infrastructure would help our economy directly for several years, and indirectly for decades. We could recruit big companies to Iowa, and improve Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement to retain and recruit physicians, and assist our small business to grow and prosper, creating the jobs that Iowans now don’t have and won’t return to any time soon.

Is this the kind of representation that Iowans need? Is it what Iowans want? It’s not what I want. It is shameful that people, who claim to have Iowa values, do not vote Iowa values, but California values. I am encouraging every Iowan in the 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd Districts of Iowa to stand up and throw out the incumbents who voted for this funding of ACORN. They spent $40 billion dollars to support graft, fraud, corruption, and human trafficking, and did not even bother to make sure that Iowans were taken care of first.

I will listen to the people of Iowa, and not blindly follow the herd. I will vote for the small business people of Iowa, and help bring our money back to Iowa to help our infrastructure. And I will NOT be anyone’s lap dog.

Dr. Patrick Bertroche

YOUR 3^rd District Congressional Candidate.