http://www.one.org/blog/2008/03/13/vote-will-happen-today/ The Campaign to Make Poverty History Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.one.org/blog/2008/03/13/vote-will-happen-today/#comment-536920 Robert Frederick Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:37:27 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2008/03/13/vote-will-happen-today/#comment-536920 It is gratifying to see that members of the Senate are coming to their senses. $4.1 billion is the ANNUAL budget for these programs. The MONTHLY cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is $12 billion. $144 billion annually to "build nations" and kill a lot of people in the process VS $4.1 billion to save and improve lives? Hmmmmm! It seems to me that comparatively speaking $4.1 billion is still paltry. It is gratifying to see that members of the Senate are coming to their senses. $4.1 billion is the ANNUAL budget for these programs. The MONTHLY cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is $12 billion. $144 billion annually to “build nations” and kill a lot of people in the process VS $4.1 billion to save and improve lives? Hmmmmm! It seems to me that comparatively speaking $4.1 billion is still paltry.

]]> http://www.one.org/blog/2008/03/13/vote-will-happen-today/#comment-536907 Virginia Simmons Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:35:51 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2008/03/13/vote-will-happen-today/#comment-536907 Thank you John! Thank you John!

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