Obama bill: $845 billion more for global poverty

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | February 14, 2008

[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."

[KC_Conspirator]

Almost nothing gets undone here in DC when it comes to spending, except the military of course, which is the only thing required by the Constitution.

[GoRepGo]

Here's an English version:

http://mrsircy.blogspot.com/2008/01/obama-could-be-in-big-big-trouble.html

[Prov1322]

How dare you let those harsh details get in the way of Hope?!

What audacity...(OK, I'll stop now...this is just too good.)

[flat]

man aint that the trudt....eeditt

[rabscuttle385]

The lefties strive for “equality” in utter poverty and despair, except that some (themselves) are more equal than others.

[jws3sticks]

Thanks, that’s a better link.

[COBOL2Java]

Perhaps Barry can create a new Department of Global Poverty.

[Dixie Yooper]

I’m voting against the Democrats. As much as I’m turned off by McCain, I can’t stomach the thought of not showing up to vote against Hillary or Obama. I will be voting the straight Republican ticket. I will not waste my vote on some third party candidate or will write in someones name. That just ends up being half a vote for the Democrat. When it comes right down to it, the entire slate of Republican presidential candidates were pathetic. Two congressmen who should have been running for the senate, Two governors from the most liberal states in the Union, an actor who couldn’t act like he was interested, and a senator who no one likes and Ron Paul, the man with two first names. I’m surprised any of them have made it this far without quiting, because enough voters seem to have quit.

[RetiredArmy]

You do what you have to do. However, I am finished with holding my nose and voting for liberals. Bush was the last straw. We are never going to get the party back, or get people’s attention enough to form a conservative party if we continue to support RINOs and liberals and vote for them. THIS IS EXACTLY what McCain and other liberal RINOs COUNT UPON. That we will cave in and vote for them just to keep whatever dimocrat is running, out of office. It does not improve them, it does not send them a message that we have had it. It just tells them that we are WEAK WILLED, WEAK SPINED, WEAK OPINIONED, and cowards. I refuse to do it any more. You can do as you please. But, I am FINISHED GIVING my vote to RINOs. They are going to have to come around to conservative ways of thinking again, or we have to some how come together and form a conservative party of CONSERVATIVES. Not Liberal Conservatives as these RINOs seem to be trying to get us to think they are. Enough is enough. I’m done with the republican party. You do as you please.

[Dixie Yooper]

You gotta quit throwing the acronym RINO around at those who are going to vote Republican. After this election, the real RINOs will be those who let Hillary or Obama become president by not voting against them. Hillary and Obama are counting on you not voting allot more than McCain is counting on your vote. You’re not real Republican or a Conservative. Just a quitter.

[RetiredArmy]

And your a dope. So, now we are even dope.

[rolling_stone]

As a parent do you let your rebellious children do things against your interests and instructions? When they continue to run wild do you do anything to bring them in line? Where do you draw the line? I say its past time for tough love and let us parents (voters) remind the rebel and maverick children who is in charge and who controls their destiny. If we don’t draw the line at say two moderate, fake conservative Bushes, then we end up with a liberal McCain. Where will it end?