Wndrtch
02-15-2008, 06:09 PM
Yessiree, the Libs are eyeing your wallet again. It's not enough that we wasted many trillion dollars over the last 30 years, fighting LBJ's "War on Poverty" with no result or even any improvement on poverty in the US, now they want a new tax to help with Global Poverty.
Our Esteemed Senator and current front-runner for the Democratic ticket, has proposed legislation that is secretly up for a vote today in the Senate, mandating that the US cut global poverty numbers in half, by 2015! :shock:
Barack Obama's Global Tax Proposal Up for Senate Vote
By Cliff Kincaid
Feb 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.
You really want a good scare?
Senator Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has not endorsed either Senator Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. But on Thursday, February 14, he is trying to rush Obama’s “Global Poverty Act” (S.2433) through his committee. The legislation would commit the U.S. to spending 0.7 percent of gross national product on foreign aid, which amounts to a phenomenal 13-year total of $845 billion over and above what the U.S. already spends.
The bill, which is item number four on the committee’s business meeting agenda, passed the House by a voice vote last year because most members didn’t realize what was in it. Congressional sponsors have been careful not to calculate the amount of foreign aid spending that it would require. According to the website of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, no hearings have been held on the Obama bill in that body.
There go our Dem controlled legislators, making us proud again. They never calculated the cost, nor did they even know what was in the bill before they passed it in the House. Brilliant!
http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272618845.shtml[hr]
Yessiree, the Libs are eyeing your wallet again. It's not enough that we wasted many trillion dollars over the last 30 years, fighting LBJ's "War on Poverty" with no result or even any improvement on poverty in the US, now they want a new tax to help with Global Poverty.
Our Esteemed Senator and current front-runner for the Democratic ticket, has proposed legislation that is secretly up for a vote today in the Senate, mandating that the US cut global poverty numbers in half, by 2015! :shock:
Barack Obama's Global Tax Proposal Up for Senate Vote
By Cliff Kincaid
Feb 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.
You really want a good scare?
Senator Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has not endorsed either Senator Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. But on Thursday, February 14, he is trying to rush Obama’s “Global Poverty Act” (S.2433) through his committee. The legislation would commit the U.S. to spending 0.7 percent of gross national product on foreign aid, which amounts to a phenomenal 13-year total of $845 billion over and above what the U.S. already spends.
The bill, which is item number four on the committee’s business meeting agenda, passed the House by a voice vote last year because most members didn’t realize what was in it. Congressional sponsors have been careful not to calculate the amount of foreign aid spending that it would require. According to the website of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, no hearings have been held on the Obama bill in that body.
There go our Dem controlled legislators, making us proud again. They never calculated the cost, nor did they even know what was in the bill before they passed it in the House. Brilliant!
http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272618845.shtml
Wow! They're bold these days. Senator Obama has this crap on the front-page of his website too.
“Eliminating global poverty remains one of the greatest challenges we face, with billions of people around the world forced to live on just dollars a day,” said Senator Obama. “We can – and must – make it a priority of our foreign policy to commit to eliminating extreme poverty and ensuring every child has food, shelter, and clean drinking water. As we strive to rebuild America’s standing in the world, this legislation will not only commit to reducing global poverty, but will also demonstrate our promise and support to those in the developing world. Our commitment to the global economy has to extend beyond trade agreements that are more about increasing corporate profits than about helping workers and small farmers everywhere.”
Well, at least we know how he plans to "repair" America's image. He's going to tax us into oblivion, and cut checks to everybody around the Earth!
So, tell me again, what his qualifications are?
Our Esteemed Senator and current front-runner for the Democratic ticket, has proposed legislation that is secretly up for a vote today in the Senate, mandating that the US cut global poverty numbers in half, by 2015! :shock:
Barack Obama's Global Tax Proposal Up for Senate Vote
By Cliff Kincaid
Feb 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.
You really want a good scare?
Senator Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has not endorsed either Senator Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. But on Thursday, February 14, he is trying to rush Obama’s “Global Poverty Act” (S.2433) through his committee. The legislation would commit the U.S. to spending 0.7 percent of gross national product on foreign aid, which amounts to a phenomenal 13-year total of $845 billion over and above what the U.S. already spends.
The bill, which is item number four on the committee’s business meeting agenda, passed the House by a voice vote last year because most members didn’t realize what was in it. Congressional sponsors have been careful not to calculate the amount of foreign aid spending that it would require. According to the website of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, no hearings have been held on the Obama bill in that body.
There go our Dem controlled legislators, making us proud again. They never calculated the cost, nor did they even know what was in the bill before they passed it in the House. Brilliant!
http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272618845.shtml[hr]
Yessiree, the Libs are eyeing your wallet again. It's not enough that we wasted many trillion dollars over the last 30 years, fighting LBJ's "War on Poverty" with no result or even any improvement on poverty in the US, now they want a new tax to help with Global Poverty.
Our Esteemed Senator and current front-runner for the Democratic ticket, has proposed legislation that is secretly up for a vote today in the Senate, mandating that the US cut global poverty numbers in half, by 2015! :shock:
Barack Obama's Global Tax Proposal Up for Senate Vote
By Cliff Kincaid
Feb 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.
You really want a good scare?
Senator Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has not endorsed either Senator Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. But on Thursday, February 14, he is trying to rush Obama’s “Global Poverty Act” (S.2433) through his committee. The legislation would commit the U.S. to spending 0.7 percent of gross national product on foreign aid, which amounts to a phenomenal 13-year total of $845 billion over and above what the U.S. already spends.
The bill, which is item number four on the committee’s business meeting agenda, passed the House by a voice vote last year because most members didn’t realize what was in it. Congressional sponsors have been careful not to calculate the amount of foreign aid spending that it would require. According to the website of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, no hearings have been held on the Obama bill in that body.
There go our Dem controlled legislators, making us proud again. They never calculated the cost, nor did they even know what was in the bill before they passed it in the House. Brilliant!
http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272618845.shtml
Wow! They're bold these days. Senator Obama has this crap on the front-page of his website too.
“Eliminating global poverty remains one of the greatest challenges we face, with billions of people around the world forced to live on just dollars a day,” said Senator Obama. “We can – and must – make it a priority of our foreign policy to commit to eliminating extreme poverty and ensuring every child has food, shelter, and clean drinking water. As we strive to rebuild America’s standing in the world, this legislation will not only commit to reducing global poverty, but will also demonstrate our promise and support to those in the developing world. Our commitment to the global economy has to extend beyond trade agreements that are more about increasing corporate profits than about helping workers and small farmers everywhere.”
Well, at least we know how he plans to "repair" America's image. He's going to tax us into oblivion, and cut checks to everybody around the Earth!
So, tell me again, what his qualifications are?