en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/658498 Comments by slinkykink http://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/09/15/acorn-co-founder-defends-groups-integrity-blasts-unfair-critics/#IDComment34641539 LOL! Squidward Rathke! Love it! Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:30:32 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/09/15/acorn-co-founder-defends-groups-integrity-blasts-unfair-critics/#IDComment34641539 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/09/15/acorn-co-founder-defends-groups-integrity-blasts-unfair-critics/#IDComment34641463 I love how ACORN keeps patting themselves on the back for this: But Rathke, who left the group in June 2008, defended the group's objectives and touted its role in raising the minimum wage... He also cited the group's work on local living wage laws in 15 cities, including Chicago, Oakland, Denver and New York. And yet: ACORN sued the state of California seeking an exemption from the law that requires that it pay its own employees a minimum wage. The group treated its workers as if they were mendicant friars, arguing that keeping its employees in poverty helps to boost their zeal to help the poor. (ACORN lost.) Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:28:57 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/09/15/acorn-co-founder-defends-groups-integrity-blasts-unfair-critics/#IDComment34641463 http://biggovernment.com/mvadum/2009/09/14/acorns-lawless-ways/#IDComment34470757 ACORN's Living Wage Campaign Maude Hurd : "We will continue to work with our allies in Congress and around the country to see the minimum wage return to something that can help sustain a working family." ACORN sued the state of California seeking an exemption from the law that requires that it pay its own employees a minimum wage. The group treated its workers as if they were mendicant friars, arguing that keeping its employees in poverty helps to boost their zeal to help the poor. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:48:49 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/mvadum/2009/09/14/acorns-lawless-ways/#IDComment34470757 http://biggovernment.com/jokeefe/2009/09/14/acorn-video-prostitution-scandal-in-new-york-ny/#IDComment34409008 Fantastic! I can't wait to hear the spin on this one. Keep 'em coming! Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:54:09 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jokeefe/2009/09/14/acorn-video-prostitution-scandal-in-new-york-ny/#IDComment34409008