Didn Al Gore give $100 million to “AIDS in Africa?
Gore staffers have acknowledged that the proposal is a public relations symbol by the Vice President. The AIDS Czar Sandy Thurman made a fact finding trip to Sub-Saharan Africa, and developed a proposal for $100 million. The proposal was set aside because Congress must pass the bill that provides the money. Gore dusted it off, after being targeted during his campaign appearances by AIDS activists. The $100 million proposal would have to cover all poor countries, including countries in Africa, Asia and the former Soviet Union. not just African nations. By the time that the dollars were divided up, the amount could result in largely insignificant donations. The funds were to be used for disease prevention and other important services, but almost nothing would have gone to treatment. Congress must still pass this request for new funds. But funding caps and the Republican Congress’s fight for a massive upper-income targeted tax cut means that it is almost certain that the proposal for a do
