True, but that won’t stop the folks who parrot the party line about how much Dems do for the poor. I proffer that since the inception of the Great Society the poor are not faring as well as we were told and there are far more of them. If you keep giving a man a fish, he will never learn to fish for himself.
Actually the church does now and always has allowed for the death penalty. Pope Benedict specifically said that Catholics can support the death penalty . The same cannot be said about abortion.
Does ‘charity’ include donations to religious organizations? I think the Mormons are required to donate 10% of their income and I don’t know that I would consider that all ‘charity’. Is there any study that takes out the donations to religious organizations?
Of course it includes religious donations-have you looked at the Charitable actions of Religious organizations of Catholic Charities or the Southern Baptist Convention.? Churches are the number one providers of private Charity in this country.
I was pretty surprised by that too, but after some thought I guess it makes sense: the poll tells how it would be *if the election were held today. *Republicans haven’t campaigned against Sanders hardly at all, whereas we’ve been campaigning against HRC … well, finish that for yourself.
How does the amount the churches spend on charity compare with the amount they spend on facilities and salaries? I would guess that when compared to an organization whose only purpose is charity, the churches do not measure up very well. But I don’t know the exact numbers, so I would love to be proven wrong.
For example:
Oh, I have no doubt the charity-oriented arms of these various churches and religious institutions are very efficient agents of charitable good works. But the largest part of most people’s donations are to their local church’s general fund. And that fund goes mostly to pay the bills to keep their own church open, which benefits mostly themselves. I say “mostly” because a portion of the general fund in our church also goes to charitable works, but most of my donation goes to benefit me in that I have a church to go to.
Yeah, except the Commander-in-Chief doesn’t actually manage or hire 99% of those people…
He said until they get out of the abortion business, that he would not fund them.
No CEO directly hires or manages 99% of his employees. A CEO hires key people and sets their objectives who in turn have the power to drive execution within their various sub organizations.
I don’t find this statement confusing, I just don’t trust him when he says it. If he thinks so highly of pp and he thinks a woman should be able to obtain an abortion in early pregnancy and he likes to negotiate for things he thinks are important, why should I be convinced he will actuay defund pp.
Because he’s acknowledging areas of grey and people prefer very black or very white.
Bottom line, because I don’t believe half the things that come out of his mouth. He contradicts himself a lot, especially with regards to abortion. He also says ridiculous things like PP has helped millions and millions of women with cervical and breast cancer.
So basically, you’re argument is that congressmen should not be President? That’s some pretty thin logic.
When I took ‘civics’ I learned there are three branches of Govt.
Not everyone votes for the party. Some of us vote for people. Yes, there is a pro-abortion candidate or two running for president. I do not think a pro-life candidate will be nominated. Donald Trump is anti-abortion. for now, but I would not describe him as pro-life.
I tend to agree with others. These charities are great, but I have atheist friends that donate to Catholic Charities. I’m talking more about direct donations to individual churches. Some of my more cynical friends see that as no different than spending money at a movie theater and believe it should not counted as a ‘charitable’ donation.
You uhhh, conveniently left out that foreign policy (a major lacking of mr. drumpf) is the purview of the executive.