re: #24 NomadicView

Another reason that ACORN was specifically targeted was its successful nationwide Living Wage campaign, which worked to set a new standard for wages not based on minimum wages (the lowest amount employers have to pay) but on a wage that people and families can actually live on. It’s an interesting subject and worth a closer look.

For anybody interested, Grover Norquist, James O’Keefe, Ralph Reed, Jeff Gannon, Senator Mitch McConnell, Congressman Mike Pence are all alumni of conservative activist Morton C. Blackwell’s organization, The Leadership Institute
It looks like we are now reaping that harvest.

Important point. The gloves have a distinct tendency to come off when economic issues are raised. The powers that be are apparently content with agitation against racism and other forms of bigotry, but any agitation about economic issues is dealt with severely (e.g., response to OWS).