Bush decreases funds for AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/18/bush-decreases-funds-for-aids-tuberculosis-malaria/

Bush decreases funds for AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria.

As President Bush tours Africa this week, the White House is touting its record fighting disease. “The president is requesting an increase for our contribution to the Global Fund {to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria}, an increase above his last year request from $300 million to $500 million,” Mark Dybul, the president’s global AIDS coordinator, asserted. This figure, however, is misleading. The Washington Post reports:

Bush did request $300 million for the Global Fund for the current fiscal year, but Congress decided to go further and approved $841 million. So even though Bush’s request for $500 million for the next fiscal year is higher than he requested the year before, in reality it would cut the contribution back from the $841 million it is getting in cold hard cash this year.

Dybul “acknowledged that when pressed,” but added, “You don’t want to pile up money.”

[spanone]

1. this has been their modus operandi all along....

worthless criminals

[cbayer]

2. Great catch. This is shameful. nt.

[MissWaverly]

3. He always cuts back funds after one of his little visits

Whether it's Head Start or Africa and what about New Orleans rising from ruin to become a showplace.

[CountAllVotes]

4. well he is giving away free mosquito nets!

How much do you want to bet they are MADE IN CHINA? }(

[focusfan]

5. that kind of Funding is more important than paying for a useless war