Giving the finger not only to Africa but to Tony Blair
President Bush refused on Wednesday to budge on his administration's opposition to doubling aid for Africa, a major proposal on the agenda for a summit meeting of industrial nations next month in Scotland.
The long-simmering dispute could culminate next week when Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, who has advocated the plan, visits Washington in advance of the July session, a meeting of the Group of 8. As host of the meeting, Mr. Blair set the agenda, and he argued during his successful campaign for a third term in office that the world's richest nations had to make a $25 billion increase in support for Africa. But Mr. Bush has been cool to the idea from the start and has resisted making new aid commitments.
Asked Wednesday about the issue, Mr. Bush said, "It doesn't fit our budgetary process."
of COURSE it doesn't... not after tax giveaways to millionaires... not after billions flushed down the toilet in iraq... not after homeland security and tsa squandered more billions on useless technology and adding layers of bureaucracy... the "budgetary process" aid to africa "doesn't fit" is providing any kind of support to poor people who, if they were any damn good in the first place, wouldn't BE poor...
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The long-simmering dispute could culminate next week when Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, who has advocated the plan, visits Washington in advance of the July session, a meeting of the Group of 8. As host of the meeting, Mr. Blair set the agenda, and he argued during his successful campaign for a third term in office that the world's richest nations had to make a $25 billion increase in support for Africa. But Mr. Bush has been cool to the idea from the start and has resisted making new aid commitments.
Asked Wednesday about the issue, Mr. Bush said, "It doesn't fit our budgetary process."
of COURSE it doesn't... not after tax giveaways to millionaires... not after billions flushed down the toilet in iraq... not after homeland security and tsa squandered more billions on useless technology and adding layers of bureaucracy... the "budgetary process" aid to africa "doesn't fit" is providing any kind of support to poor people who, if they were any damn good in the first place, wouldn't BE poor...
note to tony: you may think bush owes you but you've obviously got him confused with somebody who gives a damn... Submit To Propeller
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6/02/2005
