Freedom. RIP
Posted on 03/03/2009 1:56:14 PM PST by jessduntno
President Obama’s 2010 budget seeks to double U.S. aid payments to other countries despite a $1.75 trillion deficit and the worst recession in over a quarter of a century.
Obama’s landmark proposal heralds a massive increase in the size of government, and “puts the United States on a path to double U.S. foreign assistance,” according to the White House budget overview.
That would mean annual U.S. foreign assistance expenditures at over $50 billion a year, although it’s not clear yet how quickly Obama intends to attain that goal.
The president also plans to rapidly expand the size of the State Department, in accordance with his strategy of substituting “soft” diplomatic power for the hard power of U.S. military might.
Assuming the Democratic-controlled Congress goes along, the State Department budget next year will jump about 10 percent, to $51.7 billion.
The increased funding would help pay for additional Foreign Service officers “to meet the challenges of today’s world,” Obama’s budget document says. This is in accord with his stated objective during the campaign of substituting “soft” diplomatic power for the hard power of U.S. military might.
Some policy experts are warning, however, that expanding assistance abroad may be a tough sell in the current economic climate.
“There’s going to have to be a strong case made that these investments have concrete, verifiable impact on people’s lives,” Stephen Morrison, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Global Health Policy Center, tells The New York Times.
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“The president also plans to rapidly expand the size of the State Department, in accordance with his strategy of substituting “soft” diplomatic power for the hard power of U.S. military might.”
Oh good...cut defense and increse your “soft power’ at the same time...THE MAN IS A GENIUS...
Saying thing that will get me banned here. I swear this will not end well for any of us. God help us.
Freedom. RIP
Obama's 6th week in office:
Obama’s Foreign Aid Price Tag to Exceed $50 Billion. President Obama’s 2010 budget seeks to double U.S. aid payments to other countries despite a $1.75 trillion deficit and the worst recession in over a quarter of a century.
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/obama_foreign_aid/2009/03/02/187543.html?s=al&promo_code=7B56-1
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“This is in accord with his stated objective during the campaign of substituting “soft” diplomatic power for the hard power of U.S. military might.”
Well, I think we have a real good chance of reasoning with people who send women and children into crowded markets with BOMBS strapped to their chests...so who needs military????
Oh.
Obama has always made a worldwide welfare system his goal in life. Paid for by the US taxpayer of course.
What is soft diplomatic power?
“What is soft diplomatic power?”
The power exerted by someone who does not know diplomacy with psychotic killers won’t work...or, also known as Chamberlain Syndrome...
An affirmative action president was a bad idea.
Bambi’s only Senate Bill to get out of committee was S 2433, a “Global Poverty Bill” with a price tag of $843 Billion.
“How you gonna get back down that hill?”
Hombre?
Good catch.
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