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'''Rotten ACORN''' is a [[front group]] operated by [[Berman & Co.]] Berman & Co. operates a network of dozens of front groups, attack-dog web sites, and alleged think tanks that work to counteract minimum wage campaigns, keep wages low for restaurant workers, and block legislation on food safety, secondhand cigarette smoke, drunk driving, and more.
According to its website, its purpose is to expose "[[ACORN]]’s radical agenda."<ref>Employment Policies Institute, [http://www.rottenacorn.com/helpus.html Rotten ACORN Help Us page], Rotten ACORN website, accessed June 9, 2014.</ref>
Rotten ACORN describes itself as a project of the [[Employment Policies Institute]], another Berman front group that was created to "argue the importance of minimum wage jobs for the poor and uneducated."<ref>Richard B. Berman [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/quk06c00 Richard B. Berman] Resume'. January 1995. Philip Morris Bates No. 2072148764</ref> However, Berman and his Employment Policy Institute have been leaders in a national campaign against the minimum wage, which includes TV ads, print ads, and op-eds in state newspapers.<ref>Eric Lipton, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/us/politics/fight-over-minimum-wage-illustrates-web-of-industry-ties.html Fight Over Minimum Wage Illustrates Web of Industry Ties]," ''New York Times'', February 9, 2014. </ref>
According to [[Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington]], Rotten ACORN "spreads negative information about ACORN, the now defunct community organizing group for low- and moderate-income people."<ref>Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, [http://www.bermanexposed.org/ Berman Exposed], BermanExposed.org, accessed June 9, 2014.</ref>
==Contact==
The Employment Policies Institute<br>
1090 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 800<br>
Washington, DC 20006<br>
Phone: 202-463-7650<br>
Web: http://www.rottenacorn.com<br>
==Resources and Articles==
===Related SourceWatch Articles===
* [[Berman & Co.]]
* [[Richard Berman]]
====Other Berman Front Groups====
*[[ActivistCash.com]]
*[[AFT Facts]]
*[[American Beverage Institute]]
*[[AnimalScam.com]]
*[[Bad Idea California]]
*[[Big Green Radicals]]
*[[Center for Consumer Freedom]]
*[[Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Literacy]]
*[[Center for Organizational Research and Education]]
*[[Center for Union Facts]]
*[[CREW Exposed]]
*[[CSPI Scam]]
*[[Defeat the Debt]]
*[[EmployeeRightsAct.com]]
*[[Employment Policies Institute]]
*[[Enterprise Freedom Action Committee]]
*[[Environmental Policy Alliance]]
*[[EPA Facts]]
*[[Family Coalition]]
*[[First Jobs Institute]]
*[[Green Decoys]]
*[[Hands Off My Bacon]]
*[[Humane Society for Shelter Pets]]
*[[HumaneWatch.org]]
*[[Interlock Facts]]
*[[Interstate Policy Alliance]]
*[[LaborPains.org]]
*[[LEED Exposed]]
*[[Maternity Pens]]
*[[MinimumWage.com]]
*[[NegligentDriving.com]]
*[[No Drink Tax]]
*[[ObesityMyths.com]]
*[[PCRM Scam]]
*[[PETA Kills Animals]]
*[[Physician Scam]]
*[[Protecting Bad Teachers]]
*[[Responsible Limits]]
*[[Rethink Reform]]
*[[Rotten ACORN]]
*[[SEIU Exposed]]
*[[Step Up Wyoming]]
*[[Sweet Scam]]
*[[Teachers Union Exposed]]
*[[The New Prohibition]]
*[[Tipped Wage]]
*[[Unite Here Exposed]]
*[[Vote Our Future]]
*[[WorkerCenters]]
===References===
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[[Category:Berman Front Groups]]
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