Mea Culpa
I fear I might be doing Dana a disservice by preaching my extended-length anti-(liberal-)Catholic sermons against government waste over at Note-It Posts, but commenter Kirk has proven to be a true irritant for me. In case my religious rantings are a bother for her, here's a thread where she can direct Kirk for all the fisking he desires.
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Not-a-tall. I've reached my own point of diminishing returns, but if you want to continue the debate I certainly welcome it. I'm areligious myself, but if you substitute "the moralist" for "the Christian" below, we're both in complete agreement. The sentiment is definitely the same, at any rate.
The key, however, is for the Christian to assume the burden for what the capitalist can't produce.
You're also absolutely right; if forced government welfare were no longer the norm, people would give more freely to private (and, IMO, more effective) charities.
Posted by: Dana | June 27, 2004 11:36 PM
Well, I thought I'd make the offer, just in case. I felt a little like I was preaching in a private house uninvited.
Posted by: Chris | June 28, 2004 08:27 AM
Speaking of charitible donations, according to http://billhobbs.com/hobbsonline/004122.html, charitible donations have increased 31.4% per annum during the Bush years when compared to the Clinton years.
Posted by: Richard | June 28, 2004 09:09 AM
I should have looked further, Hobbs had these previous articles on the subject: http://billhobbs.com/hobbsonline/004120.html
http://billhobbs.com/hobbsonline/004102.html
The first mentions that religious charities received the largest percentage of giving.
The second one ties Bush to Reagan, one more instance (are you hearing me Ron Jr.?)where this President is the idealogical offspring of Ronaldus Maximus.
Posted by: Richard | June 28, 2004 09:20 AM