Originally Posted by
Wesley Mouch
I don't agree, but I can respect your opinion. There's a lot of good that come from Churches. And here and there its not so good. But people get to choose. If the Catholic Church doesn't work for you -- give your money, time, and charity to a Unitarian church. And each and every one is different, with different goals, mission, management, and style.
With government in charge of being our social safety net, it one size, one philosophy fits all.
We're fortunate to have the 50 States at least for much of our safety net. Every once in a while, some real innovation occurs. And it either fails or succeeds. But at least it can be tried.
Nobody is forced to accept the Church's solution. Everybody is forced to accept the government's solution.
Often, those of us on the right are painted by the left as uncaring when we don't support a particular government-driven benefit. Its a 'war on the poor' or some such political slogan. Sometimes its just a disagreement about how to best serve the poor.