The False Compassion of Liberalism

[rangerrebew]

The False Compassion of Liberalism
Stephen Moore

Posted: Mar 28, 2017 12:01 AM
 

Last week on CNN I debated a liberal commentator who complained that the problem with President Donald Trump's budget blueprint is that it lacks "compassion" for the poor, for children and for the disabled. This woman went on to ask me how I could defend a budget that would cut Meals on Wheels, after-school programs and special-education funding, because without the federal dollars, these vital services would go away.

This ideology -- that the government action is a sign of compassion -- is upside-down and contrary to the Christian notion of charity.

We all, as individuals, can and should act compassionately and charitably. We can volunteer our time, energy and dollars to help the underprivileged. We can feed the hungry, house the homeless. Most of us feel a moral and ethical responsibility to do so -- to "do unto others."

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[LMAO]

I have relatives who believe that they paying taxes  is  evidence of their altruism.

I ask them if that's the case, why do they take legal deductions that they're  entitled to?

Liberals confuse good intentions with actual results

[andy58-in-nh]

Charity is generosity with your own money.
Liberalism is generosity with other people's money.

[goatprairie]

Charity is generosity with your own money.
Liberalism is generosity with other people's money.

"Liberalism is generosity with other people's money."

Yes, and how many Hollyweird millionaires and billionaires have volunteered to house all the illegals of whom they want to flood the U.S. ?
I haven't heard any of the notorious big mouth libs and leftists volunteer to shelter the poor unfortunates on their vast estates. Where's all the compassion for the illegals ...er....undocument immigrants...er ....dreamers among the super-wealthy liberal establishment?

[Idaho_Cowboy]

I have relatives who believe that they paying taxes  is  evidence of their altruism.

I ask them if that's the case, why do they take legal deductions that they're  entitled to?

Liberals confuse good intentions with actual results

Scrooge from the Christmas Carol had that problem. He thought being taxed for the public institutions was enough, without regard to weather they actually helped people. Most folks know the story and miss the point.

[LMAO]

Scrooge from the Christmas Carol had that problem. He thought being taxed for the public institutions was enough, without regard to weather they actually helped people. Most folks know the story and miss the point.

Funny you mentioned Scrooge.

I told them that's who they sounded like when the issue came up