1/22/2005 07:33:25 AM|||Toni|||Great Things Afoot: UN to Save World

For your viewing pleasure, The Diplomad has notified us of a new 3000 page report submitted to Kofi Anan as the remedy for the rest of the world to save all of those poor people in poverty stricken countries. There's a very short summary one can use to understand this tome of stupidity. The UN wants ALL US Citizens to pay for welfare for the world. In other words, they want to tax the hell out of us. It is time for all to join the movement of Move America Forward. This is a petition to Get the UN out of the US.

Diplomad has summarized the report for your viewing angst. This is a taste of what our US dues to the UN go towards:
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today launched a 3,000-page document which research team leader, Special Adviser Jeffrey Sachs, called "a unique report" recommending that rich countries double their investments in poor countries to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of halving extreme poverty by 2015 and going beyond to eliminate it by 2025. The report <...> calls for specific investments across a wide spectrum of problems, not for handouts or charity. Low-income countries need investments of $70 to $80 per head per year from 2006, rising to $120 to $160 per year in 2015, it says, adding that many middle-income countries could fund those investments themselves, given adequate debt relief and appropriate, specialized technical assistance.

Starting from ideas put forward by Mr. Annan, Mr. Sachs said, the team of 265 experts and graduate students took three years to collect and analyze the data. <...>


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