[forgotten man]

The Pope is not an economist. In this case he is not speaking about matters of faith and morals. I will ignore what he has to say on this subject.

[chris37]

I won’t.

Pope’s a commie, and it’s been obvious for some time now.

It isn’t wise to ignore commies in our midst. We can see quite clearly where that has gotten us.

[lastchance]

Economics does indeed have a moral dimension. We call it charity which is not the same as redistribution.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Neither an outright dole nor pseudo-earned income from a make-work “job” satisfies. And a “job” can only be make-work unless it is supervised by someone who has a stake in both the cost of the pay, and the productivity of the work.

And that is difficult for the government to achieve in the best of circumstances - and impossible when “giving Joe a job” is the actual mission.