YES! It’s so much fun to play Lady or Lord Bountiful with someone else’s money! You can clearly see this is Obama’s version of the Gospel…from those whom much is given, the government will taketh away and giveth to my supporters! Choo choo trains! Green cars! I love spending OPM!
Mr Santorum is a stalwart on life issues for the most part but quite honestly he is a politician above all. He has made a number of shall I say questionable votes and supported questionable candidates—against both Conservative principles and against conservative Candidates. Quite honestly I believe he voted for Title X for the same reason he voted AGAINST RIGHT TO WORK LAWS…because it pandered to some constituancy but wasn’t so out there that the pro-life people would scream. IOW to get re-elected. Washington corrupts.
and this is why I don’t like Santorum he is just another politician who does things for the votes instead of for the people.
Catholictiger, I found this in Lifenews. Sadly it seems he wants it both ways…yeah I voted for Title X but I don’t like PP…well then why not demand that PP be defunded instead of voting for millions of dollars going to this organization? Really disappointed in Santorum hearing about this vote:
The reason why you’re given candidates to vote on is because they want you to vote for candidates. If there is a vote for the general party somewhere on the ballot, then it would be a different matter. I know several Democrats who are pro-life and some Republicans who are pro-choice. Saying GOP or DEM does this or not doesn’t mean every candidate follows his party’s platform to the letter. But you knew that, I hope.
Well yeah, but I mean officially the GOP is pro-life and the Democratic Party is pro-choice, and there are very few pro-life Democrats from what I know.
Well, the thing is the right to life is more important than all of the other issues. But I agree with you on how both parties have issues.
I know it’s not a Church document from the Vatican, but this Economic Justice for All document the USCCB put out in 1986 calls for a progressive tax structure. But you don’t have to agree with it.
as one of my teachers said once “Catholics shouldn’t have a political home in america.” No party out there right now really support Catholic Teaching across the board.
You mean there are few pro-life Democrats who win elections.Well yeah, but I mean officially the GOP is pro-life and the Democratic Party is pro-choice, and there are very few pro-life Democrats from what I know.
Yep. Sadly.You mean there are few pro-life Democrats who win elections.
No party in America ever has.
That’s one of the problems with a two party system–it’s harder to find a party that is closest to your ideology.Excellent points. As Dave Barry wrote in I’ll Mature When I’m Dead:
True, and this is where state-sponsored high-risk pools may eventually win out. (Some are administered by the privates or co-ops like Blue Cross, though.) Don’t forget, as it still stands, privates exclude the sickest. They can’t make money on them, remain competitive and stay on the NYSE.
Since when are the well-being of the economy and addressing the sufferings of the poor mutually exclusive? That is the fundamental mistake well-meaning people make. A strong, robust economy will help those who are poor find a job more easily. Plus, a robust economy will help people contribute more to charities - if I got laid off, I wouldn’t be able to donate as much to charity as I do now.
But how do you measure “doing too much” ? Is it based on how much of my money is confiscated and then given to a bureaucracy to redistribute to others? We are called to help the poor. However, if the government takes $1000 from a rich guy and lets $20 trickle down to a poor guy (and makes him dependent on that money) that doesn’t relieve you or me from our obligation to help the poor with our own time and money. The Democrat policy to “help” the poor is really “trickle down charity” with others’ money. It is time we stop measuring compassion by how much a party supports confiscating others’ money. We need to measure compassion for the poor by what we ourselves are doing.
We have a very progressive tax structure. The top 25% of earners pay 84% of all federal income taxes. 43% pay none at all-in fact the Govt spends 100 billion a year paying refunds to people who owe no Federal income tax
But, but…we need a progressive tax code!!
True, but we have to vote for someone. I vote/support the party that is closest to Church teaching on both life and social issues. Don’t let the perfect become the enemy of the good.
The progressive tax system is purely a vote buying mechanism. Nothing else.
