Since the first undercover ACORN video was released two months ago, ACORN’s few remaining defenders have fallen back on the talking point that, whatever the misdeeds of some of its employees, the organization provides important services to poor and low-income families. Without ACORN, we are told, many underprivileged families would lose an important voice for their needs.
Really?
Below is one family’s application for food stamp benefits that ACORN threw out with its trash, in advance of a visit from officers of the Attorney’s General office.
ACORN – Food Stamp _Redacted_ –
The food stamp application has a “wet” signature, meaning it is the original application. It isn’t a copy. Did ACORN forward this application to the proper federal or state agencies. Is this family, with multiple children, still waiting to hear whether they qualify for food stamp benefits? Are they watching the approaching Thanksgiving holiday wondering whether they will have food to eat?
ACORN spokesman, Amy Schur said, in response to news reports about the document dump that, “it appears that included in the piles of garbage being thrown out may have been some documents containing private information.”
Yes, Ms. Schur, your organization’s reckless handling of “private information” is troublesome. The precise ratio of “garbage” to “private information” is kind of missing the point about the trust that’s been placed with ACORN. This isn’t the only application for food stamp assistance we’ve recovered. This is just one example. There are many, many applications for food stamps discarded by ACORN.
This is a betrayal of the trust of a family that came to you for help. Their application for food stamp assistance was a plea for help. ACORN took this, and many others like it, and threw it out with their trash.
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