ACORN, Senator John Edwards Join Forces To Cut Poverty - 05/26/08

Submitted by Doug Cunningham on May 25, 2008 - 6:23pm
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By Doug Cunningham

ACORN – the Association of Community Organizations For Reform Now – says Senator John Edwards will chair an anti-poverty effort with ACORN and allied organizations. Called “Half In Ten”, it’s a campaign to cut poverty in half in the U.S. within ten years. There are at least 36.5 million people living in poverty in the U.S. according to the 2006 Census. That’s 12.3 percent of the population.