That mindset is exactly how and why we have arrived at the point of devolution of both our culture and government becoming a Socialist Central Planning Beast. The business of government is to execute justice, provide for the common defense, and the general welfare of it's people to be secure in their properties and endeavors without hindrance. it does not exist to provide humanitarian aid, because government so empowered will pick winners and losers based on its own criteria, and redefine morality to benefit those constituents they are beholden or seek to make slaves so their power may continue in perpetuity.
Empowering government to do charity robs the individual of the responsibility to do as scripture commands. Once government is empowered to make provision, the responsibility for doing charity is shunted to government and absolves the individual from doing anything on their own initiative to provide. You can see how this works with the welfare state. Once the government makes provision, the recipients do nothing to to provide for themselves and the government makes it impossible to wean off of subsistence from taxpayers. Those who may still want to make provisions are prohibited from doing so except through the bureaucracy. Everyone goes to government for provision rather than a people humbling themselves and going to God for their needs and government becomes a horrifying obstacle to providing any kind of charity without their oversight or direction. I know a lot of private soup kitchens who can tell you horror stories of the limits their services are mandated and how awfully regulated they are to the point that they cannot provide for the very people they intended and were led to provide for.
Empowering government to provide aid and provision empowers tyranny. On an international level, to provide aid to areas of the globe hit by catastrophe can be achieved via ferrying voluntarily contributed provisions to the place in need via government capabilities that may exceed private ability or foreign government restriction.
One of the key ingredients used to pervert this Constitutional Republic into a Socialist Democracy has been via the conduit of 'charity' and 'welfare'.
Every taxpayer gives willingly to the government every paycheck. Much of those funds are used for things we don't agree with. Foreign Aid is 1%.
See Marco Rubio' compelling speech on the Senate Floor.
Why Trump and Congress Should Maintain Foreign Aid
By Gary Edmonds , Op-Ed Contributor
Mar 17, 2017 | 3:32 PM
Amidst the partisan debates on Capitol Hill, a small but important part of the federal budget always receives bipartisan cooperation because it's about American jobs, American economic growth, and keeping America safe ... and because it's about our faith.
At less than one percent of the federal budget, our government's funding, leadership and influence help U.S. foreign assistance demonstrate the best of our American values and Christian compassion. It also helps make us safer and healthier here in the U.S. by containing disease outside our borders, and
promoting U.S. economic interests abroad.
But U.S. foreign assistance is making rare headlines because potentially deep budget cuts are looming. Thankfully, conservative senators have been speaking up.
I was moved to hear Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently speak from his place of faith on the floor of the Senate: "I believe in the depths of my heart that our creator has honored America's willingness to step forward and help those around the world, and I believe he will continue to do so as long as we use our blessings, not just for our good but for the good of mankind."
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Read more at
http://www.christianpost.com/news/why-trump-and-congress-should-maintain-foreign-aid-177798/#35Bq5qWQLPyleBVO.99Click on the link to read the rest of Senator Rubio speech.
