$30 Billion MORE Dollars to fight Aids in Africa. I don't have a problem with that. I applaud private enterprises that raise money to help these people. American Idol recently raised a lot of money to help BOTH poor people here in the USA as well as Africans with AIDS!
But there is so much that needs to be done here at home with that money. $30 BILLION dollars would pay for over 6 million uninsured people to have comprehensive health insurance. The GOP says we don't have the money for Universal Health Care but they sure can spend it on their own personal pet projects.
This is money above and beyond what we are already sending to Africa. Perhaps we should invest in Condoms and a little education instead of expensive drugs.
Our government needs to put AMERICA and AMERICANS FIRST!
We need to take care of our own house before we attempt to solve the problems of the world. We need to balance our books before we spend more money that we don't have, putting our country deeply in debt.
So here is a proposal. Taxpayer money should no longer pay for any health insurance for any elected Federal Official until every American Citizen has health insurance! That will get them motivated.
First, we need to elect a President with the will to support and defend our inalienable rights as stated in the Declaration of Independence; LIFE, LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS! Second, we need to elect a Congress that will listen and then act to do something for the GOOD of ALL the people instead of just the 51% of the piddly amount of people who actually participate in the process and vote.
The Congress we have now is hampered by a man who is oblivious as well as totally insensitive to the will of the people. But at least we have some degree of accountability in our government! Look at the melee of investigations into the illegal actions of the Bushies! That is the first step.
But we must not let up! We have serious work to do in this country. Everything Bush proposes ends up being a huge and costly mess. So we must act, as citizens, to demand that Congress put aside their political loyalties and work together to do just the OPPOSITE OF ANYTHING that Bush proposes!
Working with this madman, makes no sense for our country. If Congress knows what is good for them, they will listen up! For those members of Congress, especially the House of Representatives, that fail to listen and act for the people of this country will not have a job in 2009 and beyond regardless of party affilliation.
The die has been cast in stone! Let all members of Congress take heed! No more new programs. No more Bushie programs! No more money spent until we solve the problems here at home. There are people who are still homeless after Katrina. There are Senior Citizens who still can not afford their medicines. There are Americans dying because they cannot afford health insurance and their employers don't provide it. There are an overwhelming number of students that have been left WAY BEHIND by the Bushies!
EVERYTHING THE BUSHIES HAVE DONE HAS BEEN A DISASTER! EVERYTHING! Congress needs to Listen up and make this madman irrellevant to the conversation. It doesn't take that much. So, let's lay down the gauntlet and see who has the courage to step up and be a true leader depite their political party's agenda.
It's time to take back our power. The power does NOT belong to Congress or even the Executive Branch. They may think they know better than the people but they are mistaken. No, Congress -- TAKE HEED AND BE WARNED! The POWER belongs to the PEOPLE! And we are taking it back!