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Candidate Obama said he would help overturn the ban on needle exchange. President Obama reversed himself and banned federal funding for needle exchanges in his budget this year.
Obama, during the primary campaign, pledged his support of needle exchange programs to slow the spread of HIV/AIDS. When he took over the White House, the administration website affirmed: "The President also supports lifting the federal ban on needle exchange, which could dramatically reduce rates of infection among drug users."
Yet Obama's budget includes language that bans spending federal money on needle-exchange programs.
White House spokesman Ben LaBolt said the administration isn't yet ready to lift the ban - but Obama still supports needle exchange.
"We have not removed the ban in our budget proposal because we want to work with Congress and the American public to build support for this change," he said.
He has used this excuse more than once after backpedaling on his campaign promises.
26 AIDS activists arrested at U.S. Capitol - Politics AP - MiamiHerald.com (http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1134452.html - broken link)
Police arrest 26 AIDS activists at Capitol protest - San Francisco Chronicle (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/09/national/w082344D68.DTL - broken link)
I could care less about those issues... I wished he had reversed himself on issues he has already pushed through, corporate bailouts, poorly-designed stimulus, cap and trade, health care reform (cause its not really reform), etc... these things, I think were really bad ideas...
What hapenned to personal responsability? If these people are choosing to do drugs and even worse, share needles while using them, why should we pay for their needles?
I understand it saves lives, but how much is too much? I thought Republicans are all about personal responsibility and small government, why is this any different?
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Originally Posted by sanrene
The point is another broken pledge by obama.
BULL! Another lame attempt at creating an issue where none exists.
The ban on needle exchange and the ban on Federal fnding are distinctly different things. Don't try to sell this hypocritical crap that the Uptighty-Righties who cringe in fear and yell SOCIALISM! at the mere mention of government possibly buying a Band-Aid for an American are now up in arms because the government won't fund needle exchange. WHAT a load of whiney BS for NO other reason than producing more whiney BS.
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This is very good stuff
