The pope is too liberal for Republicans

[Brainonska511]

Um...exactly what I posted which you directly quoted? Reading comprehension FTL

You complain about my reading comprehension, but you completely misconstrue what the Pope said. He never condemned capitalism and called it evil. He derided the ideas of 'trickle-down' economics.

 

[OverVolt]

I like the pope.

Pretty lame of the republicans.

It obviously wouldn't have mattered who won the election, its just the shiniest of two turds.

 

[werepossum]

I was suggesting that charity to which all of society is taxed to pay for vastly exceeds the effectiveness in helping that private donations can achieve, but I think you knew that. Social insurance only looks like slavery to sociopathic people, people who have had their empathy killed as children.

Okay, quick definition. If men with guns come to collect your "donations" if they aren't sent in*, then it isn't charity. That doesn't make it slavery, as reasonable people see a lot of room between charity and slavery. But it does make it not charity.

*Wesley Snipes can argue somewhat persuasively on this topic, I'm betting.

He is saying charities are not enough to sustain people. Charities do not collect nearly enough of anything to make a dent in helping people on a mass scale such as welfare. Im not saying i agree with our current welfare system, but im not dumb enough to think we can get rid of it and charities will fill in the void left behind.

With that I can agree. I dislike our modern welfare state, but practically speaking modern life (and especially health care) is just too expensive to rely on charity. That's a shame as with government we lose the good charities do, such as having people who genuinely sacrifice to help others and demanding responsibility from those being helped. But the world is what it is, not what we would have it be.