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After in excess of four trillion dollars in 'Great Society' program payments, the United States has failed to end poverty in this nation. What makes anyone think we can stop poverty in the rest of the world?

NOBODY believes we can. Thus the calls for our treasury to be raided over and over again, should be seen for what they are.

These demands are made for the sole purpose of sapping the United States dry. It drives folks crazy to think that the United States is more successful than their nation is.

Kofi Annan realizes he'd be king of the world if the U.S. were no longer a super-power.

We need to get off the gravy train. If our citizens want to donate to African causes, I have no problem with it at all. Our government should not be parceling off 'our money' in the manner that it has.

After in excess of four trillion dollars in 'Great Society' program payments, the United States has failed to end poverty in this nation.

Poverty, as defined in the USA is vastly different than poverty as defined in Africa. Here in the US, there are people that are technically living in poverty that have cable TV, cell phones and automobiles. It really is unfair to make the comparison between the two - unless of course its a democratic politician trolling for campaign cash while the republicans are in charge. Remember, there were no homeless people and no poverty from 1993 through 2000.