Posted on 02/15/2008 3:41:30 AM PST by Man50D
Sen. Barack Obama, perhaps giving America a preview of priorities he would pursue if elected president, is rejoicing over the Senate committee passage of a plan that could end up costing taxpayers billions of dollars in an attempt to reduce poverty in other nations.
The bill, called the Global Poverty Act, is the type of legislation, "We can – and must – make … a priority," said Obama, a co-sponsor.
It would demand that the president develop "and implement" a policy to "cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015 through aid, trade, debt relief" and other programs.
When word about what appears to be a massive new spending program started getting out, the reaction was immediate.
"It's not our job to cut global poverty," said one commenter on a Yahoo news forum. "These people need to learn how to fish themselves. If we keep throwing them fish, the fish will rot."
Many Americans were alerted to the legislation by a report from Cliff Kincaid at Accuracy in Media. He published a critique asserting that while the Global Poverty Act sounds nice, the adoption could "result in the imposition of a global tax on the United States" and would make levels "of U.S. foreign aid spending subservient to the dictates of the United Nations."
He said the legislation, if approved, dedicates 0.7 percent of the U.S. gross national product to foreign aid, which over 13 years he said would amount to $845 billion "over and above what the U.S. already spends."
The plan passed the House in 2007 "because most members didn't realize what was in it," Kincaid reported. "Congressional sponsors have been careful not to calculate the amount of foreign aid spending that it would require."
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I hope someone sent notice of this classic piece of Obama “feel-good” stupidity to our top Conservative senators, especially Sessions and DeMint, so that they can torpedo it as it so deserves. If an anonymous Democrat “hold” can be put on the bill stripping Berkely of all federal funds because of how it treated the USMC, then surely our side can do the same for Obama’s “give all our tax money away to Africa” bill.
Enjoy. This is what you didn't bother to show up for to vote against. (fixed it)
In other words: Business as usual. In fact, that’s been the game as long as I’ve been alive. But hey, keep pulling those “R” and “D” levers.
Why should the US takpayer’s money be sent to a dictator who ruins their own economies? Like Zimbabwe (sp?) and lots of others including Mexico and half of South American wannabees.
Instead of “shotgunning” money at them try a “silver bullet” (say, 50 BMG) at the cause of the problem.
I believe that there are some more goodies in it such as ratifying the Koyto Treaty, joining the International Criminal Court, getting rid of small arms[privately owned firearms] except for the people they want to have them [their police, their armies]
For a long time most Americans have demanded that their freedoms be taken away in the guise of being made to “feel secure”. At long last they will be getting what they prayed for.
http://blog.balder.org/?p=343
Great quotes !
Most Christian institutions - the World Council of Churches, PCUSA etc etc - have been socialists for years.
Christians need to wake up and see where their collection money is going.
You should make that your tagline.
And the liberals still refuse to admit they were wrong about that.
I assume you mean that McCain is no different? He is as liberal as Hillary or Obama. The only issue I see he differs with them on is the war on terror, yet he based Bush many times regarding fighting the war. So, if you are wanting me to vote for McCain, don’t bother holding your breath, because you will drop dead before I do.
I stand by what I said about the liberal McCain. Kiss his butt if you wish. I won’t. AND, I know whose freaking bill it is.
Thank you so much for posting this. You don’t know what a relief it is to me to know that Barack Obama is going to end poverty.
Now, I can sleep at night again.
Libs REFUSE to understand that giving money to poor people doesn’t make them not poor.
Let’s see, Obama says we shouldn’t be wasting money in Iraq. Instead we should be spending our money here. Yet he wants us to spend 845 billion on foreign aid.
Dear gawd, whiskey tango foxtrot? Oh yes, we need to throw the election so that in 20?? we can take back congress and the WH. Well, with this global welfare program, there is a lotta difference.
Let’s see... how many liberal/socialist programs have been UNDONE, out of the thousands that have been enacted. And yet the delusional ones think that by magic, all the crap from the two hyper liberal RAT candidates will get undone. NOT IN OUR LIFETIMES.
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