Jun 27 2008
DeMint, Burr Block AIDS Program
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., on Wednesday spearheaded opposition to a $50 billion expansion of President Bush’s signature program to combat AIDS in Africa and elsewhere overseas.
DeMint, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and five other Republican senators blocked Senate consideration of a bill that would more than triple U.S. aid to nations most stricken by AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and to international relief groups helping them.
With the country headed towards a recession, inflation up, energy costs up, and unemployment rising, what in the hell is George Bush thinking sending $50 billion of our money out of this economy and over to a foreign nation? Not to the mention the fact that all of this foreign aid giving is unconstitutional anyway. Cut that money out of the budget altogether and lower the deficit. Praises to DeMint and Burr for watching out for the American taxpayer, on this bill anyway. (I’m still pissed at Burr for voting for the mortgage bailout)
