Posted on 02/16/2008 5:09:07 AM PST by truthfinder9
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."
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
Let those in poverty figure out how to make it on their own.
Starvation is natural population control.
My youngest sister is a senior in high school (currently 17, will be 18 soon) and is voting for this guy.
I don’t know what he has. But God protect us from him.
Government succeeds at its goals, even reprehensible ones such as this one, because government itself is a united majority fighting and deceiving a divided population. Each side of the isle is really not that different. Notice the RINOS such as Lugar and Hagel, who are helping Obama with this effort. McCain is of the same stripe as these RINO turncoats. It is sad to say that neither side of the isle is that different these days. I agree with you about what we will have to do again to end taxation without representation; I’m afraid its not a matter or “might” but rather a matter of “when.”
And I pray it will be bloodless, but I doubt it.
LOL!!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.