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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: [qb] Drop in the bucket.[/qb][/QUOTE]You would prefer nothing? We just TRIPLED our share. Half a loaf remains better than no bread. [QUOTE][qb] And, watch for the strings attached. If I recall correctly, this aid is tied to the elimination or great reduction of family planning and education for those countries that get it.[/qb][/QUOTE] [QUOTE]The new AIDS package, which Congress completed last week, recommends that 55 percent of direct aid go to treatment programs, 20 percent to prevention, 15 percent to palliative care and 10 percent to children orphaned by the disease. It also would allow, but not require, the administration to contribute up to $1 billion in 2004 to the international Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. ... To appease conservatives, the measure says one-third of the money going toward prevention be set aside for projects that promote abstinence -- an issue that was prominent in the final congressional debate. The bill says religious groups will not lose funding because they oppose certain preventive methods, such as condom distribution. [/QUOTE]Nothing about removing the family planning options. They get two-thirds of the prevention money. (See the effective "ABC" program in Uganda.) [QUOTE][qb] By the way, if Bush has signed it then Congress has already passed it. [/qb][/QUOTE]You've forgotten how Congress works. [QUOTE]While the legislation nearly triples current U.S. contributions to AIDS programs, Congress still must approve actual spending levels in its annual budget appropriations process. [/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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