Skip to comments.
Bush to Propose Another $100 Million Over Five Years for Education in Africa
Associated Press ^
| Jun 20, 2002
| Jennifer Loven
Posted on 06/20/2002 5:29:42 PM PDT by niki
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 ... 161-165 next last
1
posted on
06/20/2002 5:29:42 PM PDT
by
niki
To: niki
Mmmm, I'm just so happy to have a conservative president I don't know what in the world to do.
2
posted on
06/20/2002 5:39:33 PM PDT
by
Twodees
To: niki
The Bush announcement proposes spending $20 million more each year for education in all of Africa...On Wednesday, the president promised an extra $500 million over three years to help prevent mothers in parts of African and the Caribbean from transmitting the AIDS virus to their children...
Guess the drug companies have more to gain.
Just a subsidy folks, and the most ineffective way to do anything about the disease.
3
posted on
06/20/2002 5:49:26 PM PDT
by
Shermy
To: niki
Oh yes, It's the responsibility of Americans to educate the Africans. It's the new White Man's Burden. That and reparations which will soon be forced down our throats. Since when is it our responsibility to educate the African people? I thought that they blamed us for slavery? I thought that they were so much better off without the influence of the west? Well, gee, now we're going to fund them another 100 million dollars. That's 600 million total. Kiss that money good-bye. It's not going to do anything but go into the hands of warlords, and drug companies. It's a waste of time to try and educate a people who have become dependent by design, and ignorant by choice.
If they really wanted to live in a civilized society, or have a real modernized culture, their leaders would put the people to work, and educate their populations so that skills could be taught, and the raw materials and natural resources could be harvested. It would be nice if a country that wasn't so dependent on Americans and other countries would simply quit bleeding us dry, and get off their butts, educate their own people, and start developing their nations instead of just demanding more and more from the outside world. I for one am more than happy to let these people become modern on their own. They will do it, if they are left alone, and don't get our help. That's the way you get people to start working and creating, cut them off, and they'll either move on, or start producing.
To: Twodees
Our money straight down a rat-hole.
5
posted on
06/20/2002 6:01:46 PM PDT
by
RodgerD
To: niki
Yep! By George, Another give away.
If I said what I was thinking I'd be banned from FR.
To: niki
Wheeeeeee!!!!!!! Throw it all away George, its only money that we had to borrow. I am getting tired of his giveaways.
7
posted on
06/20/2002 6:06:59 PM PDT
by
cynicom
To: niki
Where the heck is all of this money going to come from? Don't answer, I know. And when we're all broke over here, than what? While he's throwing money at everything under the sun, why doesn't he just give every American one million dollars. He will be the President who raised taxes higher than anyone else in order to provide for his programs. Does he seriously think those Africans will be educated? This is getting way out of control. And the right get more furious everyday.
8
posted on
06/20/2002 6:11:17 PM PDT
by
hsmomx3
To: All
Where the hell is all this money coming from? Are WE that RICH? Every day..it's 100 million here...200 million there......Enough already.
9
posted on
06/20/2002 6:12:02 PM PDT
by
Sungirl
To: RodgerD
Yep, and Boosh ain't even warmed up yet. Wait until he starts saying that he wants a good, commonsense slavery reparations plan from Congress.
10
posted on
06/20/2002 6:13:54 PM PDT
by
Twodees
To: niki
I wouldn't have such a problem with this if:
1) No money to Mugabe and his loons. That's financing racism and terrorism by ANYONES definition.
2) The money has to reach the people it's intended to reach. No nero types fiddling with tax dollars while rome burns. It's gotta be AID to the people who need aid.
Aside from that, do it.
No problem.
11
posted on
06/20/2002 6:15:46 PM PDT
by
Jhoffa_
To: niki
Why doesn't Jorge Bush just get it over with? Next year he should rap the State of the Union address with a 40 and a blunt in his hand.
12
posted on
06/20/2002 6:15:57 PM PDT
by
Arleigh
To: Shermy
On the $500m AIDS to Africans thread, the Bushbots were all deep in onanism over "taking another issue from the liberals. My response was that the Left will outbid them. Sure enough, The UNIBANGER got ugly about how we didn't spend $2.4B (never mind he didn't when he had the chance). Now, our 'ol Chuckle-head proposes another $100m for education.
Never mind. Nothing to see here. Keep moving. Vote GOP in '02 and '04. Don't even bother to hold these sell-outs accountable.
Oh, did I forget...
There was the whole non-white home ownership inititive, the federal funds for attracting librarians, CFR, Farm bill, steel taxes, apologizing for our EP-3 crew, amnesty for Central American illegals, and on, and on, and on, and on...
13
posted on
06/20/2002 6:16:14 PM PDT
by
Orion
To: niki
Gene Sperling, former President Clinton's chief White House economic adviser and now head of the Center for Universal Education at the Council on Foreign Relations, said 75 million of the children out of school worldwide are in Africa. "The Bush announcement proposes spending $20 million more each year for education in all of Africa, which is the cost of building just one large high school in the United States," Sperling said. "This proposal is very disappointing."
...The White House hopes the new African initiative will ease criticism about U.S. spending on developing nations and projecting a compassionate image of Bush to both foreign leaders and American voters. The $10 billion U.S. foreign aid budget is the lowest among rich nations as a percentage of economic output.
Memo to the "Bush can do no wrong" crowd
So much for Dubya taking the Democrats' issues away, he just bolstered their hand.
Pandering is wrong and condescending. This money doesn't belong to the President, it's not his to give away. And the GOP will never match the Democrats in shamelessness. When Bush plays on the Left's turf, we all lose. He's setting up future losing battles that don't need to be fought by conceding on principle now.
The President's African pandering is stupid on so many levels, I can't even guess how his apologists will spin out of it.
But here they come...
To: Lazamataz; Registered
You're gonna love this.
To: Twodees
Ah just loves cumpashinut cunservitism. When the hell do I get my education paid for?
16
posted on
06/20/2002 6:19:01 PM PDT
by
meenie
To: niki
See Mbuki get HIV
See Mbuki have sex with a virgin
See Mbuki still have HIV
See Mbuki run to the hospital
Run Mbuki! Run!
17
posted on
06/20/2002 6:19:21 PM PDT
by
parsifal
To: Twodees
Wait until he starts saying that he wants a good, commonsense slavery reparations plan from Congress.I'm afraid this is no joke. Look for something like a "Marshall Plan for Minority America" that funnels many $ billions into education, job training, healthcare, home ownership, small business development and fatherhood initiatives for blacks and hispanics. After the recession double-dips or right before the 2004 elections - whichever comes first.
18
posted on
06/20/2002 6:20:40 PM PDT
by
Arleigh
To: semper_libertas; Rowdee; fogarty; Spiff
More fun and games
19
posted on
06/20/2002 6:20:51 PM PDT
by
niki
To: meenie
When the hell do I get my education paid for?If you're not rich and not nonwhite, you're outa luck.
20
posted on
06/20/2002 6:23:07 PM PDT
by
Arleigh
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 ... 161-165 next last
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.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson