Why is Obama planning to spend $15 billion a year for 10 years

Good question - why does he want to spend 1% of our GDP to fight Global Poverty?

Thats an estimated $865 BILLION on top of the foreign that is already pledged......

He is an economic idiot. You know who will be paying for that......

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Because the energy issue will ultimately be solved by the market -- it just needs a push from the government.

There are no really good market solutions for poverty.

The US gives the smallest amount of its GDP for foreign aid.

But you have no problem spending $5 billion a MONTH in Iraq and Afghanistan. And how about the billions that will be spent rebuilding these countries.

I do question the waste in Washington, but your question is much too biased.

Why do the Republicans plan to continue wasting $12 billion a month on an Iraq welfare program that the Iraqis don't even want or need?

Bob Barr would be so much smarter.

http://www.bobbarr2008.com/about/

Obama is ignoring the fact that the cost of administering the programs in Washington D.C. is sky high. We give them five, and four go to expenses, and one dollar gets out of Washington alive. 15 is flat to little to do what he wants to do, particularly since he plans to give some 2.2 trillion dollars to the illegal aliens in an amnesty.

The best answer is 10 years. Throwing more money at energy won't make it ready faster.

The two of those numbers combined are still under 2 percent of the GNP.

Isn't that less than what we're paying while in Iraq? Oh yeah...I forgot. Take care of those that may attack us first.

Compared to 300 billion a year for war!??!