The ONE campaign- redirect one % of the budget

By directing an additional ONE percent of the U.S. budget toward
providing the most basic needs – and fighting the corruption that
wastes precious resources –– we can help transform the futures and
hopes of an entire generation in the poorest countries.

With an additional ONE percent of our budget:

•We can help prevent 10 million children from becoming AIDS orphans

•We can help get 104 million children into grade school.

•We can help provide water to almost 900 million people around the
globe.

•We can save almost 6.5 million children under 5 from dying of diseases
that could be prevented with low-cost measures like vaccination or a
well for clean water.

•We can build a better, safer world for all.

ONE percent of the U.S. budget is $25 billion, and redirecting that
much money would have to be done over time. Directed to honest
governments, private charities and faith-based organizations, this
support would provide the tools and resources they need to really make
a difference. American support would be part of a compact with poor
countries who fight corruption and use their own resources to help
their people out of poverty. American leadership would be an example
for rich countries in Europe and Asia to do their share to help the
poorest people in the world.

Please sign The ONE Campaign Declaration. Some high profile people who
have already signed include:
Claudia Schiffer
Eddie Vedder
Bono and Michael W. Smith
Jimmy Eat World
Dikembe Mutumbo
Dave Matthews
Agnes Nyamayarwo
Danny Glover
Isaac Hayes
Michael Stipe
Switchfoot
Bob Geldof
Brad Pitt
Mary McClymont
Kirk Whalum
No Doubt
The Newsboys
tobyMac
Walter Salas-Humara
Walter McCarty
Relient K
jars of clay
Cheating Kay
Third Day
John Cusack
Andy Zipf
Perry Farrell
Ryan Key

You will join the growing number of Americans who are getting involved
online and in communities across the country to fight global AIDS and
poverty through The ONE Campaign.

Please visit the site and sign the
declaration at http://www.one.org/ Thank you!

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I signed on the dotted line. Notice how it is affiliated with charitable rather than political oranizations. I sort of understand why.