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This thinking is misguided and dangerous. Giving governments more power and taking power from people does not work in the long run.
"We can no longer trust in the unseen forces and the invisible hand of the market. Growth in justice requires more than economic growth, while presupposing such growth: it requires decisions, programs, mechanisms, and processes specifically geared to a better distribution of income, the creation of sources of employment and an integral promotion of the poor which goes beyond a simple welfare mentality" Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium.
Notice he does not insist we eliminate welfare programs - they clearly serve a need - only that we also work to get beyond that need. Who, if not the government, will provide the “programs, mechanisms, and processes specifically geared to a better distribution of income” ? The private sector? The Holy Father (and common sense) already tells us we can “no longer trust the unseen forces and invisible hand of the market” to carry out necessary oversight, regulation and reform. Trusting the private sector to self-regulate is like trusting the henhouse to the foxes. The drive for profit is too strong. Only our government, while also in constant need of oversight and prudence, has the legal power to ensure our poorest citizens are not left to fend for themselves.
