Team Obama are in an impossible position, from day one.
They are voting huge sums of money, that will make or break them politically and otherwise, in all probability; but they don't have their programs off-the-shelf, ready-to-go, for understandable reasons.
So, today, we have this (disgusting) confusion:
February 7, 2009 marks the ninth annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD).
This is a national community mobilization, HIV testing, and treatment initiative, which promotes awareness of, and access to, services for African Americans. The theme for NBHAAD 2009 is "Black Life is Worth Saving."
Of all racial and ethnic groups in the United States, HIV and AIDS have hit African Americans the hardest. The reasons are not directly related to race or ethnicity, but rather some of the barriers faced by many African Americans.
Senate Dems drop $400 million in HIV prevention funding from package
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Feb 3, 3:40 PM
Responding to mounting pressure from Republicans, Senate Democratic leaders and the Obama administration agreed last Friday to drop a $400 million spending provision from the president’s economic stimulus plan that would have funded HIV prevention programs.
The provision was packaged by supporters as a sexually transmitted disease prevention effort, with most of the funding allocated for STD and HIV testing and prevention programs carried out in states and cities.
National AIDS advocacy groups said the proposal’s HIV-related funding was especially needed in communities where the economic recession has resulted in severe cutbacks in HIV testing and prevention programs.
