It's 6:30a.m., Tuesday, March24 and I have just prepared a delicious Florentine Omelet for breakfast. Along with the eggs and spinach, I have decided to add some pignoli nuts for extra flavor. As I take a bite of the omelet and taste the nutty flavor , I am reminded of ACORN and POP , I am so worried about the next census that I can't eat another thing. Census numbers influence the allocation of billions of dollars in federal and state funds. The U.S. Congress uses the census total to determine how many seats your particular state will have in the House of Representatives. The states also use census numbers to allocate seats in their law-making bodies.
Given the obvious importance of these numbers and the impact these totals will have on funding and representation , it is inconceivable to me to learn that the Census Bureau has chosen to partner with the group known as ACORN in conducting the census for next year. ACORN will assist with the recruitment of 1.4 million temporary workers needed to go door-to-door to count every citizen in the United States.
Employees of ACORN have been accused of voter registration fraud and have been investigated in many states. The organization has a very checkered past which is well documented and available to all interested parties. Surely, the Census Bureau has to be aware of questions surrounding this group's activities, so one has to wonder why they would involve ACORN in conducting the census. It seems awfully strange that the bureau whose job it is to count, can't put two and two together!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
The ACORNS are a bunch of nuts!!!!
ReplyDeletehere here...
ReplyDeleteEver try the applegate farms chicken and maple breakfast sausage? Nitrate free and very yummy.
Dear POP,
What is becoming rapidly apparent over the past 60 plus days of the new administration is that our children are going to be able to glean a lot of very important life lessons. Here they are: one’s word, which should be one’s bond, is meaningless, especially if you are the leader of the free world; one can be a tax evader and still manage to snag high political office; one can pass 1,000 pages of historically significant legislation without ever reading it; one can default on one’s mortgage and get a bailout from the government; one can buy an 8000 square foot house on a bus driver’s salary with an introductory low interest rate and when that rate resets to an almost usurious rate, one will be able to stay in that house because the government wants everyone to have a home; that living within one’s means; not living on borrowed funds; that saving for the rainy days is not what the government wants our children to do; that organizations with questionable motives and checkered pasts like ACORN, can be charged with the responsibility of handling our census… I am so excited for my children’s future.
Dear Janie,
ReplyDeleteYour feelings are beautifully stated and appreciated. Don't despair about your children's future, because it is clear that they have a highly intelligent mother who will remind them of the true meaning of democracy and instill values in them that will serve them well.
Thank you fro your breakfast suggestion. I will certainly give the sausage a try!