The Obama does not fall far from the ACORN

Some of you vociferously protest any hint that our president is a socialist. Yet, he has undeniable ties to and support for the ACORN organization. You may hear about them already, but you certainly will when they come knocking on your door for the census.

Here are some of the highlites from the ACORN "People's Platform". If this isn't socialism, then someone has changed the definition.

Enough is enough. We will wait no longer for the crumbs at America's door. We will not be meek, but mighty.

...the benefit of our taxes rather than their burden [OK, really, what burden of taxes do you suppose ACORN members carry?]

A. Restructure utility rates by: 1. Ending all discount rates for large commercial and industrial users. [Those damn corporations again. They must be taken down]

B. Ban all utility shut-offs during the winter months and require all utilities to offer partial-payment arrangements, in conjunction with arrears forgiveness, in lieu of shut-offs. [Sounds like a new bailout. Heck if we're buying your house, we might as well power and heat it as well]

1. Removing the cost of new plants from the rate base until these plants are fully operational. [How, then, will new plants be paid for?]

2. Prohibiting the pass through of political and charitable contributions to the rate base. [Sure, as soon as the same prohibition is placed on, say, teachers unions who contribute to the democrats. Our taxes pay teachers salaries, they are constripted into the union, their salaries are taxed for the union dues, the unions contribute to the democrats. Or, perhaps the same rules for the UAW. You could apply the same logic. For every car we buy, how much of a contribution to the democrats are we forced to make?]

2. A public oil and gas corporation which has the right and preference to develop oil and gas reserves on federally owned land. [Obama's Citgo?]

1. Tax the windfall profits of all a major energy corporations, and return all excess deferred taxes to consumers.

b. Give low- and moderate-income members of the community a proportional share of seats on the governing boards of all hospitals.

At the health insurance companies:

a. Throw doctors and hospital administrators off the boards of directors, and replace them with a low- and moderate-income majority

Doctors are on set salaries

Every person who wants to work has a right to a job - a job which pays a living wage and offers opportunities for advancement. Those who cannot work - the elderly, the disabled, single parents with small children - should receive enough income to afford them the basic necessities and allow them to live with dignity. [Single parents with small children? Why should "the village" pay for others children?]

C. Require private industry to use the technology which creates the most jobs [this is laughable]

Provide an adequate income to every American [From those according to their ability to those according to their need. - Karl Marx]

A. Guarantee a minimum annual family income at a figure equivalent to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics "medium living standard," adjusted for inflation.

A. Funding for all schools should be set so schools in affluent areas do not receive more funding than schools in low- and moderate-income areas. [What, then, is the point in working hard, taking risks and becoming "affluent"? And, by the way, money is not the answer to education. Look up how much they spend in DC per student and then look at the test results. Brave New World, here we come].

A. Require all corporations of over $10 million in assets to include worker- representative and low- and moderate-income members of the community on their corporate boards. [Have you watched "Dr. Zhivago" lately?]

You can read all about it on the ACORN website: http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=2743&L=1%2Findex.php%3Fid%3D4201. This administration has already given MILLIONS in your tax dollars to this organization. ACORN is under investigaton on many levels. ACORN has been contracted to go house-to-house and obtain census information under the sole supervision of the White House (for the first time in history).