Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts

Friday, December 9, 2011

Why does the religious right hate the social safety net?

Okay, so here are the arguments I hear most often:
  1. Wealth redistribution is "unjust"
  2. Welfare, unemployment insurance, medicaid and other programs that help the needy introduce "moral hazard"
  3. Charity shouldn't be "forced"
Right, now, I'm a Catholic and I don't have a whole lot of access to protestant theology but I hear they use a Bible that, while not exactly the same, bears a marked resemblance to mine.  Let's look at these arguments by the numbers.