U.S. Congress - H.R.6028 Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization ...
H.R.6028 - Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008
To authorize law enforcement and security assistance, and assistance to enhance the rule of law and strengthen civilian institutions, for Mexico and the countries of Central America, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)
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- Short: Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008 as introduced.
- Short: Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008 as reported to house.
- Official: To authorize law enforcement and security assistance, and assistance to enhance the rule of law and strengthen civilian institutions, for Mexico and the countries of Central America, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008 as passed house.
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There should be limitations on all foreign aid, especially the new five year budgets and tripled program Congressional budgets like PEPFAR and farming programs. There should also be quantifiable results. Where are the quantifiable reports for foreign aid programs like aids treatment? Maybe 30% actually goes to aids treatment and the rest is taken by other agencies. What about farming? We always have emergencies that cost us billions when we provide 40% of the world’s food aid.
Pouring monetary and military resources into drug wars has never, and never will work. The real Solution is legalization of recreational drugs with certain regulations placed upon their use. Here is a link which came out yesterday showing how the same type of initiative in Colombia, after 5 decades, has not worked at all. The link is:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25242986/
Representative Cazayoux,
I am extremely disappointed in you for voting to GIVE 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS to Mexico to fight drug cartels and for OTHER PURPOSES. (Do you know what those OTHER PURPOSES are because I’m sure they will never be made public.)
In case you are unaware, Mexicans and other South Americans have been streaming across our southern borders, stealing our identities, our jobs, and our social services. The Mexican government hands out booklets telling their own citizens how to cross our borders undetected, and opened up over 50 Consulates to help them stay. The amount of money sent back to families in Mexico exceeds Mexicos income from ther petroleum industry. Laws passed by Congress to build a fence along our southern border remain unfunded by the very same Congress that passed those laws. This government is waging an unjust war in Iraq, funded to the tune of 600 billion dollars by the COMMUNIST Chinese and had to borrow more to provide financial aid to it’s own citizens. This country continues to praise NAFTA as we have gone from a trade surplus to a trade deficit. We have a nation debt of 9 trillion dollars. Your charitable insticts must be tempered with common sense!