REVEALED: NBCNEWS, ACORN worked together in 'undercover video sting'...

http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/30/sweetheart-get-me-rewrite-acorn-and-the-james-rainey-saga/ ^

[kcvl]

Pretending to be a naïve tax preparation customer, Christina [Talarczyk, an ACORN activist in San Antonio] walked into a Jackson Hewitt office with a Dateline producer who had a camera hidden in his sunglasses. The tax-preparation employees were caught on camera as they tried to convince Christina to take out a high-interest RAL [Refund Anticipation Loan]

[a fool in paradise]

Will ACORN and the Pravda Media be charged for recording a person without permission?

Or is that only for people who EXPOSE ACORN nuts?

[Spktyr]

So all they just proved is that tax preparers are just as scummy as they are and that ACORN loves hidden camera investigations so long as they’re not the target.

[a fool in paradise]

How much federal tax money did this cost me?

Was there fraud involved or just pushy sales talk?

Do you know that you can get a lower rate at a gym if you negotiate a better price? Same with buying a car, a home, getting a loan, or even buying a mattress.

[a fool in paradise]

ACORN is sick of playing defense and is trying to generate some headlines on offense awhile.

[TribalPrincess2U]

BINGO!

[nomoremods]

So, are they trying to put tax preparers out of business so that everyone will have to use ACORN as their tax preparers?

[Conscience of a Conservative]

Different states, different laws. In California (where ACORN was recorded), it is illegal to record a confidential conversation unless all parties consent to recording. In Texas (where this incident apparently occurred), only 1 party must consent to the recording. Not defending ACORN here, just explaining the legal distinction that would prevent ACORN from being charged with illegal recording in this case.

[Pietro]

"....are just as scummy as they are..."P> No they're not. HJ employees were not doing anything illegal nor were they abetting illegal activity.

They were trying to up-sale a customer.

Its called capitalism, you can look it up.

[A message]

The tax-preparation employees were caught on camera as they tried to convince Christina to take out a high-interest RAL

This is a scandal how?

A RAL is a product. The consumer can buy the product or say no.

It's not like the preparers were trying to sell prostitution and harboring illegals. Or trying to convince the ACORN boob to cheat on her taxes.

[a fool in paradise]

I knew that the Texas provision applied to phone calls, but not to “in person” conversations. There are laws against recording performers without their consent in Texas.

[txroadkill]

BFD, what's next, hidden cameras at car dealers who try to sale you an extended warranty you'll never need? Buyer beware, only an idiot would walk into a major purchase they haven't researched.

So what did they prove, ACORN employees and NBCNews employees are stupid? Kind of a dog bites man story if you ask me.

[kidd]

Did the Jackson Hewitt representative promote anything illegal?

Prostitution?
Money laundering?
Tax evasion?
Child slave trading?

Nice try ACORN.

[Spktyr]

I know it’s legal (and what ACORN does is illegal), but it’s still scummy. Same deal with lawyers, to be honest.

[MNDude]

Conservatives be sure to on the watch and be at your best moral behaviour at all times!

[kcvl]

It's only a scandal in the eyes of NBC and ACORN obviously. If people want the money bad enough they will accept the legal loan. Of course, if those loans weren't available and ACORN and/or NBC thought they should be they would probably be trying to tape someone refusing to give them one. Damned if you do, damned if you don't when it comes to these scums.

[Turbo Pig]

It's only a scandal in the eyes of NBC and ACORN obviously.

BUT, BUT, BUT... they tried to make a profit off the fellow, don't you see!. Don't you see? A profit, off someone who walked into their store, to buy their product...a profit! Plus...they gave the person a choice in the matter...a choice AND profit...scandalous, simply scandalous!

[kcvl]

Lawmaker fishing for ‘lending sharks’

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, February, 2005
By Lisa Sandberg, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 10—AUSTIN, Texas — To a broke mother like Christina Talarczyk, the offer of fast cash from her neighborhood tax preparer was an offer she couldn’t refuse.

Or, as it turned out, afford.

Talarczyk said she paid a $300 fee last year to get instant access to her $5,100 tax refund. Talarczyk, who at the time couldn’t afford her own apartment and was living with relatives, thought the fee was for the preparation of the taxes.

She was unaware she actually was taking out a loan (what a freaking lie!). The interest rate on the loan her tax preparer was offering: about 55 percent.

Talarczyk got off cheap, said Rep. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio. Companies...

http://tinyurl.com/yl687uj

[Freedom2specul8]

LOL LOL Where’s the popcorn?

[blueyon]

Why is the left always in bed with each other....................