Obama sponsors "Gobal Poverty Act" Bill...Let's Discuss! (1 Viewer)

(Poll Closed, Bad Premise) Should the U.S. give the UN $845 billion under the Global Poverty Act?

  • Yes, it's a worthy endeavor.

    Votes: 5 11.1%
  • No, we should not.

    Votes: 34 75.6%
  • Something else, I'll explain.

    Votes: 6 13.3%

  • Total voters
    45

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This is a surefire topic to come up as a campaign issue, should Sen. Obama be nominated..

The Obama-sponsored "Gobal Poverty Act" (Senate Bill S.2433), is part of the "United Nations Millennium Declaration" which calls on all nations to provide 0.7% of their GNP to the UN.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee recommended passage of the Act yesterday.

Maybe I'm wrong, but that sure sounds like a GNP-based tax to me.

The sponsors of the bill thusfar include: Senators Barack Obama, Maria Cantwell, Dianne Feinstein, Richard Lugar, Richard Durbin, Chuck Hagel and Robert Menendez.

First, let's hear from Senator Obama.

Obama, Hagel, Cantwell Introduce Bill to Fight Global Poverty
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Legislation would aim to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015


WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) have introduced the Global Poverty Act (S.2433), which requires the President to develop and implement a comprehensive policy to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015 through aid, trade, debt relief, and coordination with the international community, businesses and NGOs. Representatives Adam Smith (D-WA) and Spencer Bachus (R-AL) sponsored the House version of the bill (H.R. 1302), which passed the House in September.

READ MORE
http://obama.senate.gov/press/071211-obama_hagel_can/

Now, the conservative-backed Truth In Media folks.

Obama’s Global Tax Proposal Up for Senate Vote
February 12, 2008


A nice-sounding bill called the "Global Poverty Act," sponsored by Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Barack Obama, is up for a Senate vote on Thursday and could result in the imposition of a global tax on the United States. The bill, which has the support of many liberal religious groups, makes levels of U.S. foreign aid spending subservient to the dictates of the United Nations.

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/obamas-global-tax-proposal-up-for-senate-vote/

So, what do y'all think?

I'm very, very leery of handing another $845 billion to the UN for them to spread around among their relatives...again.
 
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The people sponsoring this bill and the UN want the American people to think, "it's just .7% of our GNP". Americans should think, no ****ing way should we give more than a third of our annual budget to the UN when we are in extreme debt, social security is looking to go bankrupt, Americans can't afford health care, the middle class is hurting, we are suffering from inflation on food and energy and our infrastructure is lacking. The more Obama talks the less I like him.
 
I say no - $65 billion a year is too much money.

But I am open to arguments on why it is a good idea.
 
You're a little late DD. See the Obama picking up endorsements thread, pages 3 & 4.

Oh never mind that. Basically, V Chip is all for it and provides a long list of supportors without highlighting the number of times it failed to become law. FWTex is of the position that Obama is all style and no substance, and doesn't want to highlight how he will bleed us dry saving the world, which is why he doesn't stump on the $845 Global Poverty Act. SBTB says poppycock (even though he's against the GPA), and that everyone stumps on "vision", and if FWtex wants to know the details he should look in Obama's Blueprint for the Future. However, the Blueprint doesn't actually mention the "Global Poverty Act" but there is a paragraph on page 57 that waters down the actual amount it will cost us.

There, I think that should catch you up. :ezbill:
 
The domestic War on Poverty was such a rousing success, let's try it on a world scale, and let the UN run it. Mighty fine idea, that.
 
So, what do y'all think?

"Something else" since AIM is the only organization claiming the $65 billion per year increase and they have a history of distributing right wing lies. I don't see anything in the bill that requires the US commit to the 0.7 number.

Obama's stated policy says he would increase annual foreign assistance by 25 billion.
 
How about AMERICAN FRIGGIN POVERTY ACT BILL!!!!!!!! Bridges falling down !! The electric grid in the north east!! KATRINA still not addressed properly!!! and we are going to send 840 BILLION to other countries!!! That is simply absurd!!!!!!!!
 
You're a little late DD. See the Obama picking up endorsements thread, pages 3 & 4.

Oh never mind that. Basically, V Chip is all for it and provides a long list of supportors without highlighting the number of times it failed to become law. FWTex is of the position that Obama is all style and no substance, and doesn't want to highlight how he will bleed us dry saving the world, which is why he doesn't stump on the $845 Global Poverty Act. SBTB says poppycock (even though he's against the GPA), and that everyone stumps on "vision", and if FWtex wants to know the details he should look in Obama's Blueprint for the Future. However, the Blueprint doesn't actually mention the "Global Poverty Act" but there is a paragraph on page 57 that waters down the actual amount it will cost us.

There, I think that should catch you up. :ezbill:

I thought we should put it to a vote in a poll with both sides of the issue clearly stated up front. You'll note the Senator Obama's website was cited first, before the rightwing media watchdogs. :9: .
 
"Something else" since AIM is the only organization claiming the $65 billion per year increase and they have a history of distributing right wing lies. I don't see anything in the bill that requires the US commit to the 0.7 number.

Obama's stated policy says he would increase annual foreign assistance by 25 billion.

AIM is the Right's version of Soros' & Hillary's "Media Matters," True. :hihi:

The 0.7 number is the goal of the United Nations Millennium Declaration (UNDM).

If I recall correctly, Hillary and Walter Cronkite and a parade of folks have cozied up to various aspects of the UNMD.

Cronkite's view is the most extreme, with the ultimate goal of a world government.

The notion of world government or abdicating U.S. authority is an absolute anathma to the Right and most Americans in general.

The mere hint of a mention of such a thing was one of John Kerry's biggest blunders.
 
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I just hope that another country doesn't decide to invoke the Bush Doctrine and invade the US since we haven't complied with UN Resolution 2626.
 
More ideas like that and Obama can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
 
"Something else" since AIM is the only organization claiming the $65 billion per year increase and they have a history of distributing right wing lies. I don't see anything in the bill that requires the US commit to the 0.7 number.

Obama's stated policy says he would increase annual foreign assistance by 25 billion.

Seems like a fairly loosely-restrictive bill, requiring only that the president devise a "strategy" for achieving the Millennium Development Goal. Thanks for the info.

As for Obama's personal vision, I'm not sure throwing more dollars at the problem is gonna make a difference. Score one for the fiscal conservatives.
 

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