tangent4ronpaul
03-13-2008, 09:07 AM
Dear organizers and supporters,
today we need you flood the Senate with calls about a very good amendment and a horrible bill.
The amendment to support is Sen. DeMint's amendment to the fiscal year 2009 Budget resolution imposing a one year moratorium on earmarks.
The one to oppose is Obama's S. 2433, the Global Poverty Act that would add ~845 Billion or 0.7% of our Gross National Product on top of the 300 Billion a year in foreign aid we already spend. While 0.7% may not sound like a lot, “Gross National Product” is not what the government brings in via taxes – here is the definition:
“The Gross National Product (GNP) is the total dollar value of all final goods and services produced for consumption in society during a particular time period. Its rise or fall measures economic activity based on the labor and production output within a country. The figures used to assemble data include the manufacture of tangible goods such as cars, furniture, and bread, and the provision of services used in daily living such as education, health care, and auto repair. Intermediate services used in the production of the final product are not separated since they are reflected in the final price of the goods or service. The GNP does include allowances for depreciation and indirect business taxes such as those on sales and property. “
If measured via taxes, it's probably 15-25% of the total Federal revenue per year. Can you say massive tax hike? Either that or running the printing presses overtime and further devaluing or plummeting dollar.
Also keep in mind that foreign aid rarely benefits the poor, but is usually hijacked and misappropriated by the governments receiving it.
Find your senator here:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Here are more details:
> We've just received a communiqué from Senator DeMint's
> office regarding his earmark moratorium amendment.
>
> Late yesterday morning Sen. DeMint was not allowed to
> formally offer the amendment. Today, all time for debate
> will eventually close, but the Senator is committed to
> offering the amendment.
>
> As his staff reiterated: "We will get a vote."
>
>
> ++ Political Shenanigans Threaten the Amendment
>
> Not surprisingly, some members of Congress plan to delay the
> vote until very late today so that Presidential Candidates
> are not present, and the story is buried in the media.
>
> Grassfire isn't going to let this story get buried, and we
> will use the delay to ring more phones and send more faxes!
>
> Cynthia, we've been told there are many undecided votes on
> the amendment so we want to use the twelfth hour to turn as
> many of those undecided votes to votes of support for the
> DeMint moratorium amendment.
>
> Don't let political shenanigans get in the way of a mighty
> grassroots movement! Pick up your phone right now and
> call your two Senators! Here is your contact information:
>
> Sen. Mikulski 202-224-4654
> Sen. Cardin 202-224-4524
>
> Remember to identify yourself as a Grassfire team member, be sure
> to ask what your Senator's positions are on earmarks.
>
> If they support the moratorium, thank them. If they haven't yet
> offered a position, urge them to support the McCain-DeMint one-year
> moratorium amendment when it is finally voted on today!
>
> ++ Keep the fax machines burning!
>
> Another way to overcome the political games is to burn up
> Capitol Hill fax machines with "No Pork!" demand.
>
> Click below to schedule your last minute faxes to key members of
> the Senate--and many who want to go on using your tax dollars
> as a private "slush fund" for their pet projects.
>
> http://www.grassfire.org/2096/offer.asp?rid=15866019
>
> For those who would rather send their own faxes, simply download
> the letters and the list of congressional targets.
>
>
> Thank you for answering my last-minute call to action.
>
>
> Steve
>
> P.S: Forward this message to your friends and encourage them to take
> action with you by clicking below, and signing our petition:
>
> http://www.grassfire.org/96/petition.asp?PID=15866019
>
> ++ Listen to my exclusive interview with Sen. Jim DeMint:
>
> http://www.grassfire.org/2096/offer.asp?rid=15866019
>
>
> + + Schedule your FaxFire faxes:
>
> http://www.grassfire.org/2096/offer.asp?rid=15866019
==--==--==--==--==--==
S. 2433 was introduced in December 2007 www.thomas.gov .This was passed by committee on 2/19/08 by "voice vote". Slipped under the table out of public view. It is now out in the senate up for a vote. I called my senators (Dodd & Lieberman) they support it...unfortunately. They could vote on this as early as Friday.
Jim Peavey <box.fusion@verizon.net> wrote:
WHAT~!!! OMG~!!! Did the Senate vote on this yet? I didn't realize this was almost a "done deal"."
"Obama's costly, dangerous and altogether bad bill (S. 2433), which could come up in the Senate any day, is called the Global Poverty Act. It would commit U.S. taxpayers to spend 0.7 percent of our Gross Domestic Product on foreign handouts..."
"The legislation, if approved, dedicates 0.7 percent of the U.S. gross national product to foreign aid, which over 13 years... would amount to $845 billion 'over and above what the U.S. already spends.'"
"The plan passed the House in 2007 'because most members didn't realize what was in it.' Congressional sponsors have been careful not to calculate the amount of foreign aid spending that it would require."
"$845 BILLION is hardly a drop in the bucket and, yes, that's in addition to our Foreign Aid programs, which, in 2006, cost American taxpayers almost $300 BILLION!"
today we need you flood the Senate with calls about a very good amendment and a horrible bill.
The amendment to support is Sen. DeMint's amendment to the fiscal year 2009 Budget resolution imposing a one year moratorium on earmarks.
The one to oppose is Obama's S. 2433, the Global Poverty Act that would add ~845 Billion or 0.7% of our Gross National Product on top of the 300 Billion a year in foreign aid we already spend. While 0.7% may not sound like a lot, “Gross National Product” is not what the government brings in via taxes – here is the definition:
“The Gross National Product (GNP) is the total dollar value of all final goods and services produced for consumption in society during a particular time period. Its rise or fall measures economic activity based on the labor and production output within a country. The figures used to assemble data include the manufacture of tangible goods such as cars, furniture, and bread, and the provision of services used in daily living such as education, health care, and auto repair. Intermediate services used in the production of the final product are not separated since they are reflected in the final price of the goods or service. The GNP does include allowances for depreciation and indirect business taxes such as those on sales and property. “
If measured via taxes, it's probably 15-25% of the total Federal revenue per year. Can you say massive tax hike? Either that or running the printing presses overtime and further devaluing or plummeting dollar.
Also keep in mind that foreign aid rarely benefits the poor, but is usually hijacked and misappropriated by the governments receiving it.
Find your senator here:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Here are more details:
> We've just received a communiqué from Senator DeMint's
> office regarding his earmark moratorium amendment.
>
> Late yesterday morning Sen. DeMint was not allowed to
> formally offer the amendment. Today, all time for debate
> will eventually close, but the Senator is committed to
> offering the amendment.
>
> As his staff reiterated: "We will get a vote."
>
>
> ++ Political Shenanigans Threaten the Amendment
>
> Not surprisingly, some members of Congress plan to delay the
> vote until very late today so that Presidential Candidates
> are not present, and the story is buried in the media.
>
> Grassfire isn't going to let this story get buried, and we
> will use the delay to ring more phones and send more faxes!
>
> Cynthia, we've been told there are many undecided votes on
> the amendment so we want to use the twelfth hour to turn as
> many of those undecided votes to votes of support for the
> DeMint moratorium amendment.
>
> Don't let political shenanigans get in the way of a mighty
> grassroots movement! Pick up your phone right now and
> call your two Senators! Here is your contact information:
>
> Sen. Mikulski 202-224-4654
> Sen. Cardin 202-224-4524
>
> Remember to identify yourself as a Grassfire team member, be sure
> to ask what your Senator's positions are on earmarks.
>
> If they support the moratorium, thank them. If they haven't yet
> offered a position, urge them to support the McCain-DeMint one-year
> moratorium amendment when it is finally voted on today!
>
> ++ Keep the fax machines burning!
>
> Another way to overcome the political games is to burn up
> Capitol Hill fax machines with "No Pork!" demand.
>
> Click below to schedule your last minute faxes to key members of
> the Senate--and many who want to go on using your tax dollars
> as a private "slush fund" for their pet projects.
>
> http://www.grassfire.org/2096/offer.asp?rid=15866019
>
> For those who would rather send their own faxes, simply download
> the letters and the list of congressional targets.
>
>
> Thank you for answering my last-minute call to action.
>
>
> Steve
>
> P.S: Forward this message to your friends and encourage them to take
> action with you by clicking below, and signing our petition:
>
> http://www.grassfire.org/96/petition.asp?PID=15866019
>
> ++ Listen to my exclusive interview with Sen. Jim DeMint:
>
> http://www.grassfire.org/2096/offer.asp?rid=15866019
>
>
> + + Schedule your FaxFire faxes:
>
> http://www.grassfire.org/2096/offer.asp?rid=15866019
==--==--==--==--==--==
S. 2433 was introduced in December 2007 www.thomas.gov .This was passed by committee on 2/19/08 by "voice vote". Slipped under the table out of public view. It is now out in the senate up for a vote. I called my senators (Dodd & Lieberman) they support it...unfortunately. They could vote on this as early as Friday.
Jim Peavey <box.fusion@verizon.net> wrote:
WHAT~!!! OMG~!!! Did the Senate vote on this yet? I didn't realize this was almost a "done deal"."
"Obama's costly, dangerous and altogether bad bill (S. 2433), which could come up in the Senate any day, is called the Global Poverty Act. It would commit U.S. taxpayers to spend 0.7 percent of our Gross Domestic Product on foreign handouts..."
"The legislation, if approved, dedicates 0.7 percent of the U.S. gross national product to foreign aid, which over 13 years... would amount to $845 billion 'over and above what the U.S. already spends.'"
"The plan passed the House in 2007 'because most members didn't realize what was in it.' Congressional sponsors have been careful not to calculate the amount of foreign aid spending that it would require."
"$845 BILLION is hardly a drop in the bucket and, yes, that's in addition to our Foreign Aid programs, which, in 2006, cost American taxpayers almost $300 BILLION!"