Posted on 07/28/2008 8:24:24 AM PDT by John Semmens
Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) chided those who say he has no significant legislative accomplishments by pointing out that his Global Poverty Act (Senate Bill 2433) has already been passed by the House of Representatives and is now in the U.S. Senate.
“This bill exemplifies the message of change I bring to the world,” Obama said. “It commits this country to an unconditional worldwide war on poverty.”
If enacted, the legislation would commit the United States to spend over $800 billion to alleviate worldwide poverty. This amounts to more than $7,000 for every taxpayer in America. The funds would be transferred to the United Nations. The UN would determine which foreign governments would receive the funds.
“With billions of people living on just dollars a day around the world, global poverty remains one of the greatest challenges and tragedies the international community faces,” Obama said. “Americans have more than they need. It is their moral obligation to share their abundance with the less fortunate.”
The Senator derided the idea that markets, trade, and hard work are the path to economic prosperity—calling this approach a reliance upon the “engine of capitalistic greed.” “We must replace out-dated notions of self-reliance and individualism with a new social compact that recognizes the collective obligation the able have to carry the needy,” Obama said. “America is able. The Third World nations are needy. Our duty is clear.”
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“The Senator derided the idea that markets, trade, and hard work are the path to economic prosperity—calling this approach a reliance upon the “engine of capitalistic greed.””
Therein lies the rub...
Vote McCain.
Heaven help us! Is there anyone in the Senate with the cajones, brains and fortitude to stop this insanity??
A massive transfer of wealth from the haves to the have-nots. That is the biggest obsession of marxists everywhere. If it starts it will never end because the left will never say “enough, we have ended poverty”.
This bill needs to DIE.
This is insane
I spent all night contacting senators (not only mine)
We are overtaxed, economically distressed and tired of picking up the lions share
Not to mention, it would be overseen by the UN (another oil for food?)
Contact your sentate & President Bush
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This is written in John Semmens’ satirical look at the news
column.
Is this the same $800 billion recently set aside to assist the mortgage lenders who got into trouble with bad home loans (some of which was made to “undocumented” residents of the US), and caused the US debt limit to be raised to $10 TRILLION)?
Or is this an ADDITIONAL $800 billion to be put up for this purpose?
“A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you are talking about REAL money.” Seems like another Senator from Illinois, Everett Dirksen, made that remark some years back.
On the other hand, NObama said “war can be prevented if we just sit down and have dialog”. Can't we just talk to the pooooor people and solve it?
Oops...
I disagree. Most of this money will wind up in the pockets of tin-horn, 3rd world dictators.
Might be better catagorized as a transfer from the "Haves to the Have-Mores". :-)
i am not a member of pat robertson’s church but i do admire what their operation blessing does
they were first on the scene after katrina
they have a program that drills fresh water wells in african villages - the cost is $1500 each
for all the bashing pat robertson takes, his operation blessing provides real relief for suffering people - i’d rather funnel my money through operation blessing than the un
When I first read it I thought it might be a put-on. But it is a sign of the times, the democrat party and of Barack Hussein Obama, that I was only about 60% convinced it was satire.
Sad thing is, it nails Obama. This is exactly what Obama thinks, even though he doesn’t come right out and say it.
The ‘message of change I bring to the world’?????
I’m beginning to feel like a Pharisee.
Vote McCain!
And who are the socialist voters that want your money? You can see them with their Obama bumper stickers everywhere.
Next time you pull up next to an occupied Obamamobile, demand that they give you the keys, you know...we all live in a commune in Obamaland.
This is not satire. This is a real bill, all $845 billion dollars worth.
Cosponsors [as of 2008-07-06]
Sen. Joseph Biden [D-DE]
Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Christopher Dodd [D-CT]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Charles Hagel [R-NE]
Sen. Thomas Harkin [D-IA]
Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]
Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]
Sen. Richard Lugar [R-IN]
Sen. Robert Menéndez [D-NJ]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Gordon Smith [R-OR]
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
It IS a real bill...and a dangerous one, but apparently Senator Obama was not responsible for the quote that was attributed.
Pretty sneaky to get the bill this far by using a voice vote in the House, right?
Good God, after the failure of the USA “War on Poverty” this stupid sob suggests a worldwide one?
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