$500 Million Wasted On AIDS Programs (Iraq, drugs, health care, Obama)

[Motion]

In 1986, the District was one of the first cities in the country to appoint an AIDS director and an office to monitor the epidemic and care for the afflicted, as The Post's Jose Antonio Vargas reported in 2006. But things have gone downhill fast. Between 1998 and 2006, reported Vargas, the city distributed nearly $500 million in federal and local funds to dozens of community groups charged with prevention, housing and health care.

What do we have to show for it? An astonishing 3 percent of residents who are infected with HIV or have full-blown AIDS. Where did the money go? David Catania (I-At Large), chairman of the D.C. Council's Health Committee, said: "Four years ago, this program was a joke, and there is no other way to put it." Yes, there is. How about "criminal" and "a crying shame"? More than $500 million in taxpayer money down the drain, we're left with the highest HIV/AIDS rates -- and not so much as a peep of concern from the city's leader?

Colbert I. King - What the Mayor Won't Tell You About D.C. - washingtonpost.com

What good is money to deal with these types of problems if it's use isn't being monitored? I bet a lot of folks involved with this found good use for that $500 million.

[cloudynm]

$500 Million Wasted On AIDS Programs
Is that all? how much money has been wasted on the war on drugs too?

[Huckleberry3911948]

the federal purse is full of holes.

[Motion]

Colbert King who wrote that Post article will be on Q&A on C-span at 11pm eastern time.

[evilnewbie]

The more you leave the government to do, the worse its going to get...

[allydriver]

Imagine the billions for stem cell research that are gonna end up being stolen/misappropriated.
Obscene.

[cloudynm]

A story. FOXNews.com - Battle Looms Over Bush's Global AIDS Spending - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum

Real figures. The HIV/AIDS Program:Grantee Allocations and Expenditures by Service Type (http://hab.hrsa.gov/reports/data2b.htm - broken link)

Now, here's a real waste of taxpayer money. War On Drugs Clock

The iraq war gets more expensive as time goes by.


http://zfacts.com/p/364.html

[dcsldcd]

It wouldn't matter how much they spent or wasted, they are never going to learn.

[janelle144]

Obamacare will cut off money for illnesses that have no chance of cure. No more for AIDS/HIV. That will take care of the problem but also many will die.

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Just want to point out that over a billion dollars has been spent on abstinence-only "education" (mostly by the Bush Administration). About 90% of kids who go through abstinence-only programs end up having sex outside of marriage. Talk about a waste of money.