Obama Promises Billions to U.N.

FoxNews ^ | Bill Sammon

[GOPinCa]

Barack Obama, who lamented Friday that “we have not managed our federal budget with any kind of discipline,” is nonetheless promising to spend $50 billion on a United Nations anti-poverty program that critics say will drive up American debt. “Obama and Biden will embrace the Millennium Development Goal of cutting extreme poverty around the world in half by 2015, and they will double our foreign assistance to $50 billion to achieve that goal,” the candidates vow in their campaign platform. In December, Obama also sponsored the Global Poverty Act which, if passed, would require the president to commit to cutting global poverty in half by 2015. Critics say that would cost American taxpayers $845 billion.

[psjones]

How anyone can want to vote for this idiot is beyond me.

Is he so insensitive that he thinks this is the time to be talking about be spending even more billions to help people that don’t even live in this country?

[mykdsmom]

Sounds like material for another McCain/Palin commercial to me. These things just keep writing themselves : )

[OldGuard1]

He’s such an easy target.

[jwalsh07]

There are lots and lots of tradesman who would normally vote democrat that aren't too happy about paying 40% of their income to governments. This will push lots of them over the edge.

Schmidt will have this ready for airing tomorrow.

Go Barack Go!

[johnnycap]

I feel like I’m the victim of a slow motion snatch and grab. Only, it’s the authorities that want to do it.

Who is this guy and who the hell does he think he is determining where my paycheck goes?

[denydenydeny]

the Global Poverty Act which, if passed, would require the president to commit to cutting global poverty in half by 2015.

This act will almost certainly end up increasing global poverty. But the hardscrabble hand-to-mouth existence of certain bank presidents in Switzerland and the Cayman Islands will be greatly improved.

[johnnycap]

40%, try closer to 60% when Barrack gets done with it. And that’s just the stuff they are willing to tell you about while they are running for office.

But it’s ok cause it’s patriotic to be robbed by Obama.

[Thank You Rush]

“”Sounds like material for another McCain/Palin commercial to me. These things just keep writing themselves : )””

Let’s hope so! Not only his Global Poverty idea but DOUBLE our current contribution to the UN? Is this guy totally nuts?

[Starboard]

Redistribution of wealth on a global scale. This is insane.

This guy is a trojan horse bent of destroying the US.

[Thank You Rush]

“”Who is this guy and who the hell does he think he is determining where my paycheck goes?””

Did you hear Huckabee on Hannity & Colmes this week re: the BIG ZERO’S economic sense - “He’s never signed the front of a paycheck.” Perhaps he’s used that line before but I’d never heard it and I loved it.

[ljswisc]

Yeah this is his one great piece of legislation he wants to get passed before the election so he can say he did something at all. ::rolling eyes::

Why are people so blind?

[KansasGirl]

McCain needs to hammer this too.

[KansasGirl]

Yeah, I don’t this is going to play too well with Americans right now.

[TexasRepublic]

Is any more proof needed that Obama is a Communist?

[angelsonmyside]

banging my head on my desk.

[KansasGirl]

Send this link to DRUDGE!

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I smell a Schmidt Storm a’brewin’...

[Dallas59]

That 845 billion needs to stay in America...specifically, the pockets and bank accounts of “bitter” Americans.

[tessalu]

Even while America is deeply in debt, Obama wants to pass out any wealth that America has to the third world countries. He is out of his mind. Who is he to try to come into this country and give away our assets? We are seeing the big give aways to financial institutions, who have abused their positions, and it is no better than theft as to what they have done. Obama is another disaster trying to get in line for some more hand outs.