Reply #15: Wanna bet?

[LynnTheDem]

NOT ONE PENNY has been PAID OUT.

Funds have been appropriated, but they have not been paid out. Or not as of last week.

Quote:

And back in 2002, Mr. Bush announced his Millennium Challenge account to give African countries development assistance of up to $5 billion a year, but the account has yet to disburse a single dollar.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/30/opinion/30thu2.html?incamp=article_popular_1

Jeffrey Sachs on Charlie Rose, Dec 22, 2004:

…in 2002, March 2002, made a policy announcement that they were going to have a Millennium Challenge Account. This was March 2002 at a big international gathering. President`s repeated many times how proud he is of this initiative. It`s now two-and-a-half years later. They haven`t dispersed one penny…

http://adamsmithee.blogs.com/blog/2004/12/