US votes against right to food

[Animegamer]

Vote on Right to Food

The draft resolution on the right to food (document A/C.3/63/L.42/Rev.1) was approved by a recorded vote of 180 in favour to 1 against, with no abstentions, as follows:

In favor: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Against: United States.[/color]

Abstain: None.

Absent: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Somalia, Tuvalu.

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/gashc3941.doc.htm

It's capitalist greed at its finest, this is also a country where the poor are left to die on the street where the rich receive the best medical treatment in the world. My grandma and grandpa, as well as my dads best friend both died because of this greed. This is probably why they voted against the right to food.


No medical treatment for the poor, no food either.

[Greg91]

Disgusting.

[Philip K Dick]

cool

[Gmagnum]

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[W.A.C.]

Absolutely horrible.

[rtil]

"the right to food"? what does this encompass? that if i go to any of those countries and i am starving, i am guaranteed free food? the united nations is absolutely useless in its conception, it wouldn't have mattered whether this passed or not - no country can guarantee the 'right to food'. lmao

[billy]

the way this country works is if you get a fucking job you go to the top and get great health care and shit and if you try to live off the street and beg for shit you're going to live on the street and beg for the rest of your life. There are lots of programs to get people off the street and out of poverty but it's not my fault that some people are too lazy/ignorant/just plain stupid.

This makes me think of all the people who think it's fucked up that the United States is fucked up because it doesn't have free universal health care. If the United States DID have free health care, it would mean that I would be paying for other people's health care, because I have a goddamn job, and I wouldn't be able to get the same level of quality, because it would all be free. It'd be fine for little stuff, but if I had a serious disease, I would fucking die, because I'd be paying for all the bums in the country.

There's nothing greedy about working for your fucking meal. I understand that it isn't necessarily like that in other countries, but someone's always going to take a shit if you're trying to make something from nothing. When things are "free" what that means is out of the working man's pocket. No exceptions, fuck you all.

[Ukinojoe]

I NEED ALL THESE FRIES FOR ME

UM NYUM NYUM NYUM YUM YUM

[DrRumack]

america iz the only country that deserves f00d
every other country is a scumhole

[W.A.C.]

When things are "free" what that means is out of the working man's pocket. No exceptions, fuck you all.

I've heard a lot of claims that our government would actually save money if we switched to a single payer system. Not only that but because my dad recently had to go to a hospital without healthcare, I'm not having a Christmas tree this year because my parents can't fucking afford it. My mom works and my dad's bad back forced him into early retirement. While I'll admit they suck ass at handling money, I just find it rather shitty there's not much they can do to get healthcare coverage under their budget. Fuck. I'm without healthcare coverage as well. >_<

[ZekeySpaceyLizard]

the world is shitty and we are the shittiest

whoop dee fucking doo what else is new

[shura]

yeah what exactly is "the right to food"? it doesn't seem possible for a country to provide food to every single starving person

[ZekeySpaceyLizard]

it means

you have  RIGHT to FOOD

FOOD being a verb

DONT YOU FUCKERS GET IT ITS SO SIMPLE JESUS CHRIST FUCK

[rtil]

When things are "free" what that means is out of the working man's pocket. No exceptions, fuck you all.

I've heard a lot of claims that our government would actually save money if we switched to a single payer system. Not only that but because my dad recently had to go to a hospital without healthcare, I'm not having a Christmas tree this year because my parents can't fucking afford it. My mom works and my dad's bad back forced him into early retirement. While I'll admit they suck ass at handling money, I just find it rather shitty there's not much they can do to get healthcare coverage under their budget. Fuck. I'm without healthcare coverage as well. >_<

there's also this thing we have called the economy that isn't doing so hot right now

but uh

socialized medicine might get your dad 'free' healthcare, but it will probably be really shitty

but it's better than nothing right !

[Michelle]

so does this mean we can persecute foodeetin

[W.A.C.]

there's also this thing we have called the economy that isn't doing so hot right now

but uh

socialized medicine might get your dad 'free' healthcare, but it will probably be really shitty

but it's better than nothing right !

Doesn't every other industrial country in the world have some form of universal healthcare? I think this country could find a way to have a solid form of universal healthcare if our elected politicians really want it.

[CoolDrMoney]

They should pass a Right to Super f00d

[SnawsBall]

ok wait, so no food for people now, is this what's going on ?

[sQueef]

cool

[rtil]

there's also this thing we have called the economy that isn't doing so hot right now

but uh

socialized medicine might get your dad 'free' healthcare, but it will probably be really shitty

but it's better than nothing right !

Doesn't every other industrial country in the world have some form of universal healthcare? I think this country could find a way to have a solid form of universal healthcare if our elected politicians really want it.

no, but even if they did, it doesn't make it right