CNN Debate Question - Global Poverty

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[atlcowboy2536]

I agree with all of that. But we as a nation can only help others as long as we are strong ourselves. The path that our nation is on, I feel, is certainly leading to our destruction. We are losing our freedoms slowly but surely. Once that happens you can rest assured that those in power will have no interest in helping your cause. They would just as soon let them die.

[scamon01]

But it's the will of the people that should have the final say. So for the reasons both of us have named, 'those in power' should probably be replaced by others who will reflect that will. I think we're closer on these things than it may appear at first blush.

[atlcowboy2536]

We have a trillion dollars in debt and you want to know what the next president is going to be doing for other countries?  I think you need to get your priorities straight.

[scamon01]

If you've ever been among the poorest of the poor, you may feel that this takes a higher priority than you do. We give this money anyway, eventually, whether in a bailout on loans, an intervention in a genocide, or in lost revenue from defaults on trade agreements. To head these problems off at the pass helps our economy and national security as well as relieving poverty.

[IBDawgfan82]

The goals of the One Campaign are certainly admirable, and I hope it receives colossal support by virtue of individual donations. However, those calling on Congress to contribute money have a flawed understanding of our government's mandate. James Madison clearly and specifically addressed this subject when he said, "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article in the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents."

[scamon01]

Well, that's Madison's opinion. If you like, call it matters of national security. Poor nations are unstable nations. They breed violence and terrorism. The Constitution is a living document, and these are desperate times. There is nothing in it that forbids the expending of monies to aid nations in need either.

[atlcowboy2536]

There is only one man running for president that I feel will not use the office to serve his own agenda. The rest I feel will lead us further towards the NWO.

[RoyNeary]

Fighting poverty sounds like a noble cause, but too often this type of thing simply becomes a giveaway and not an effort to teach the poor to become self-sufficient and better their own lives.

[johnmeloche]

you got a lazy eye... LOL

[breaglesrules]

Fuck those broke bastards . They need to stand up against their corrupt governments . evry man for himself !