WHAT!!!! RNC supports Bono's poverty initiative -- The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

This Washington Times headline RNC supports Bono's poverty initiativesmacked me across the face and at first I thought I read it wrong, but there it is. The lead:

The Republican National Committee yesterday took the first step toward endorsing a proposal by Irish rock star Bono to spend an estimated $30 billion in U.S. taxes to eliminate global poverty — a move some unhappy conservative RNC members labeled a step toward socialism.

Look, if Bono wants to spend his money to end global poverty, good for him. If thousands or millions of Americans do the same because of his leadership on the issue--good for them, but spending taxpayer dollars is not a good idea.

In the 1960's the United States launched a War on Poverty and that went well. While the poor in America is atronomically better off than the poor in other parts of the world, the fact is that we have poverty in this country. Spending some $30 billion overseas on poverty is not likely to actually end poverty.