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Government vs Individual responsiblity

Comment added by Unregistered on Mon 20 Sep 2004 - 13:41 h

One of the differences between Republicans and Democrats as far as social justice- is Democrats tend to think of it as a government responsibility and Republicans tend to think of it as a community responsibility. George Bush did initiate the "Faith Based and Community Initiative"

From Whitehouse Web Page

President George W. Bush's Faith-Based and Community Initiative represents a fresh start and bold new approach to government's role in helping those in need. Too often the government has ignored or impeded the efforts of faith-based and community organizations. Their compassionate efforts to improve their communities have been needlessly and improperly inhibited by bureaucratic red tape and restrictions placed on funding.

Secondly, if we rely on the government solely for social programs we have potential issues -

Potential for government waste as we see with the Pentagon buying $100 hammers.

Deminished need for individual responsibility - both for the recipients and the donors. For instance Germany has a real problem with people finding work after being laid off as they currently are guaranteed 60% of their former salary for life. They have no initiative to go to back to work.
If the government provides the majority of social programs - we don't have the ability to decide what programs need to be supported as well as a diminished need to participate in the community. It becomes someone else's problem.

I am not saying we need to eliminate government programs - there just needs to be a balance.

I also think that the best way to curb abortions is to change the society's attitude towards "sex". I did research about 20 years ago as a high school project on "abortion"

Abortions have not dimished the number of unwanted children. If I recall correctly - most impoverished people tend to have their babies. Young teenagers from lower socioeconomic families - because they want to feel loved.

The people that tend to have abortions are actually from the higher socioeconomic families.

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Cry of the Poor

"How can it be that even today there are still people dying of hunger? Condemned to illiteracy? Lacking the most basic medical care? Without a roof over their heads? . . .

"Christians must learn to make their act of faith in Christ by discerning His voice in the cry for help that rises from this world of poverty."
-- Pope John Paul II
Novo Millennio Ineunte, no. 50

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