Clinton to dedicate life to redistributing world's wealth

The Age (Australia) ^ | 02/27/2002 | Barbara Adam

[Pokey78]

Former US president Bill Clinton today vowed to dedicate the rest of his life to helping redistribute the world's wealth.

At his fourth Australian speaking engagement, Mr Clinton said prosperous nations including Australia and the United States held the key to the world's future.

He said it would cost America $US2.5 billion ($A4.87 billion) to meet UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's request for an extra $US10 billion ($A19.47 billion) to fight AIDS and other infections diseases.

"For us, you know what that is?" he asked the $1,100-a-head charity dinner in Melbourne for the Microsurgery Foundation.

"Two-and-a-half months of the Afghan war, and about one tenth of one per cent of the federal budget.

"That's it.

"There are 40 million AIDS cases a day and if we don't do something about it, there will be 100 million AIDS cases a day."

Mr Clinton said Australians needed to identify with people of poorer nations.

"If we can, then our children will have the most peaceful and prosperous and the most interesting and fun time in all of human history," he said.

"I'm going to do what I can for the rest of my life to make that happen, and I hope you will too.

The 42nd president of the United States said Australians should not be afraid of change, or of people who were different.

Such fears had resulted in the assassinations of Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Israeli President Yitzak Rabin and the September 11 terrorist attacks.

"We are struggling to find a balance in our two countries to not just tolerate people who are different, but actually venerate those differences, respect them, celebrate them, in the context of our common humanity," he said.

In a direct reference to the Howard government's woes, Mr Clinton also warned Australia needed to pull its weight in addressing global warming or the refugee crisis would get worse.

"If the world warms in the next 50 years as it has done in the last 10, ...agricultural production will be disrupted across the globe," he said.

"You'll have literally millions upon millions of food refugees, leading to more violence, more disruption and more boatloads of refugees that you will have to face."

[pabianice]

Bet you a buck he isn't including his OWN ill-gotten wealth.

[Keith]

probably got paid $100,000 to tell them this. What an as****e.

[clintonh8r]

I h8 him more every day...

[SAMWolf]

Lord! How I despise this piece of human-like garbage!!!

[TADSLOS]

So I guess this means Terry McCualiffe will be handing over all of his Global Crossing profits now...

[isthisnickcool]

Billy does not seem so bright anymore since he does not a script to read from.

[Mercat]

He's just pissed because neither he nor the other welfare queens will get their cut of the war money.

[koba]

Probably not, he wants to spend the American peoples' money. A classic example of liberal genorousity, spending someone else's money.

[DancesWithTrout]

Redistributed with a slight handling charge no doubt. What a dillhole.

[Pokey78]

Every time I read something like this, I say to myself, "How in the hell did he become President?!?".

[Cowgirl]

clinton, kennedy, turner, etc. talk about redistribution, yet they have WAAAAYYYY more than most of us. Liberals are only talking about the taxpayer, not themselves. Words fail me to describe their audacity.

[Utopia]

He can start his redistribution scheme right now. He can give his money to me.

[areafiftyone]

Okaaaay now the CREEP can start by giving back those gifts in the New Clinton Library, their home in Chappaqua and in Washington D.C.!

[stripes1776]

What Clinton really means is that he will redistribute the world's wealth into his own pocket.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Poor little rich people. They are wealthy, but they are ashamed of it. But not ashamed enough to give it all away and be truly poor.

[motherof 3]

He is unbelievable. Everyday he tops what he did the day before. What's next? I am going to live the rest of my life having to hear what Hill and Bill think. I cannot stand it.

[rhombus]

to helping redistribute the world's wealth

Redistribute is the key word here... he doesn't think about creating more wealth to help people. No, he's going to take wealth from people who earned it and give it to those who didn't earn it. It's very basic to Communists/Socialists -- There is only one pie and if you have a bigger slice you must be taking pie away from others. They never think that it's possible to make more pie.

[Phantom Lord]

Here is a thread on a super wack job lefty site we are all familiar with regarding the Redistribution of Wealth

These people are purely hate filled when it comes to "The Rich" and those evil people in "The Top 1%"