Hooray for One.org!!!!!!!!!

TrixieCat
TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
edited February 2007 in A Moving Train
Grassroots, baby.
Here you go, all the pessimists.

"Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted not only to protect the $1 billion that was in jeopardy, but went even one step further and allocated an additional $450 million to fighting global poverty in 2007. This is the largest amount ever committed by the United States to fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria, three of the world's most devastating diseases. "

"This is the first step in an almost unbelievable turn of events that wouldn't have been possible without you. Literally hundreds of thousands of lives will be saved because of ONE members' advocacy. You sent over 200,000 letters in January alone - and 142 members of Congress signed on to the Durbin-Brownback and Lee-Shays "Dear Colleague" letters. Here is what Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT) had to say about your efforts:

Although there have been remarkable achievements in combating HIV/AIDS in Africa and around the world, the truth is we've not yet been able to keep pace with its spread. I am grateful for the assistance of the ONE Campaign in support of the Lee-Shays letter requesting additional funding for programs to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. 92 members of congress signed the letter and we couldn't have done it without the ONE Campaign."


All because a bunch of us pushed our pens and keys on the keyboard.
Thanks to anyone that helped with this!
Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
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  • dontloseyourheat
    dontloseyourheat Posts: 483
    its great to see that the people do have a voice and if enough people care about something, that voice will be heard.
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Instead of asking for other peoples' money, why doesn't ONE just donate their own finances and time to help global poverty?
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    know1 wrote:
    Instead of asking for other peoples' money, why doesn't ONE just donate their own finances and time to help global poverty?

    Isn't that what they're doing?
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    gue_barium wrote:
    Isn't that what they're doing?

    No, they are donating their time to make Congress pass bills to end poverty using tax money.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    know1 wrote:
    No, they are donating their time to make Congress pass bills to end poverty using tax money.

    Money well spent. By each and every tax payer.
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    gue_barium wrote:
    Money well spent. By each and every tax payer.

    Maybe so, but that's not my point.

    I do not believe in forced charity. People should help if they want or not if they don't.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    know1 wrote:
    Maybe so, but that's not my point.

    I do not believe in forced charity. People should help if they want or not if they don't.

    Americans are charactarized by their willingness to help. It doesn't seem so unusal that their collective tax would reflect that.
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  • monkey spanker
    monkey spanker Posts: 283
    how do you "fight global poverty"..this is simply feel good politics.
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    monkey spanker wrote:
    how do you "fight global poverty"..this is simply feel good politics.

    Apparently, you fight it by demanding that other people spend their money on it.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • chromiam
    chromiam Posts: 4,114
    TrixieCat wrote:
    All because a bunch of us pushed our pens and keys on the keyboard.
    Thanks to anyone that helped with this!

    If you think this is the reason why the money was allocated, you must be wearing blinders..... doesn't Bono and other "celebrities" support and rally for ONE.org???? As said, feel good politics
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  • monkey spanker
    monkey spanker Posts: 283
    know1 wrote:
    Apparently, you fight it by demanding that other people spend their money on it.

    i really don't have a problem with that. i pay way too much in taxes, and they waste way too much of it for me to get upset about this. but i just don't understand why people think this is going to accomplish anything other than making some people feel good about trying to help. when you have gov'ts that oppress their people, how is your tax money gonna feed them?
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    monkey spanker wrote:
    i really don't have a problem with that. i pay way too much in taxes, and they waste way too much of it for me to get upset about this. but i just don't understand why people think this is going to accomplish anything other than making some people feel good about trying to help. when you have gov'ts that oppress their people, how is your tax money gonna feed them?

    True, but I'm questioning why ONE's methodology is to just demand that other people work and pay to end poverty. Why don't they just spend their money and time with the people who are in poverty now?
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    No, I am not wearing blinders.
    Geez, you guys just WANT to find a reason to sit on your butts and bitch about something.
    Yeah, what if the tax money went to help fight poverty and not fund the war. That would really suck.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • floyd1975
    floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    TrixieCat wrote:
    No, I am not wearing blinders.
    Geez, you guys just WANT to find a reason to sit on your butts and bitch about something.
    Yeah, what if the tax money went to help fight poverty and not fund the war. That would really suck.

    What if the tax money went back into the pockets of the taxpayers who could then decide what cause they wanted that money to go to? That would suck too. Some organizations would probably be held to a higher level of accountability.
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    know1 wrote:
    Maybe so, but that's not my point.

    I do not believe in forced charity. People should help if they want or not if they don't.

    I'd rather unwillingly help end poverty than unwillingly help war.
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  • floyd1975
    floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    Collin wrote:
    I'd rather unwillingly help end poverty than unwillingly help war.

    How is the money being spent to end poverty directly?
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Collin wrote:
    I'd rather unwillingly help end poverty than unwillingly help war.

    Me too. But I don't like being forced to do either.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • granparocks
    granparocks Posts: 45
    don't you think that, in the long run, it is in society's best interest to mitigate poverty? by society, i mean, ultimately, everyone individually.

    without poverty, i believe we'd have way fewer civil wars/terrorist attacks (not all terrorist attacks, just fewer)/less social welfare, etc.

    in the long run, society would save money by preventing poverty, just like it would save money by preventive health care. free markets are great for markets, you just can't hold every situation in the same regard in my opinion.
  • DinghyDog
    DinghyDog Posts: 587
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