Posted on 01/16/2015 5:27:05 PM PST by BlatherNaut
Indiana University professor Fran Quigley urges, in the progressive Catholic magazine Commonweal, an end to deductibility of charitable contributions against federal income taxes. His argument rests primarily upon the twin beliefs that the U.S. social safety net is too thin and that lost revenues from charitable contribution deductibility would be better spent on governmental social welfare programs. His arguments, while couched in Catholic social justice language, pay virtually no attention to a key principle of Catholic social teaching: the principle of subsidiarity. Furthermore, he has a proclivity to regard as matters of “justice” programs that can also arguably be deemed discretionary entitlements.
To his credit, Quigley recognizes that, in modern societies, problems can become so large that they defy ready solutions by smaller actors like individual charities. But when applying the principle of subsidiarity, the onus probandi should rest on those who would entrust a problem to a higher level of responsibility. In the American system, it would seem that the highest burden of proof rests on those who would federalize an issue.
While the framers of the Constitution were not Catholics and worked out of philosophical systems (mostly social contract theory) alien to the classical and Catholic views of man and society, in one sense the Constitution itself embodies the principle of subsidiarity: Article I, section 8 specifically enumerates and limits Congressional (and, by extension, federal) power. The framers, wary of the corruptive influence of power, put limits on the spheres in which the federal government was competent.
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Nope.
You see, the spending is going to be added into the public debt. The public debt is guaranteed against future taxes. These taxes are non-voluntary, if one does not pay then they are destroyed. — They are literally selling you, your children, and their children into slavery. — They are not going to be satisfied with your carcass, they want your family, they want your children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Leviathan has a puppet who has a pen.
Just another rant from a Communist, Socialist, Fascist, or whatever name you want to put to it Catholic leader. Seems to be more the rule than the exception anymore. The city of seven hills prepares for her destiny.
Math error. That's only an average of $408 Billion a year, unadjusted for inflation.
To every rule there is an exception....most of my relatives are Catholic and the overwhelming majority of them vote Republican, including an elementary school teacher on Long Island who despises Obama.
Of course their is a sizable minority of Catholics that vote Republican. I am a Catholic myself.
My wife and a majority of her family vote Republican.
However my five sisters vote Democrat. My bother votes Republican.
I tend to avoid political discussions when visiting my family.
Working great...more and more on the dole every year...election success almost every time...wait...2010 and 2014, what happened?
Commie weasel, disguised as "Catholic" ...
No, the Fed buys your vote and the needy get 2 cents on the dollar.
With many/most charities the needy get between 60 and 95 cents on the dollar.
This is proven in Europe where charity is nil.
If you think you've met obnoxious people, withhold judgement until you can have a conversation with a Boston-Irish Jack-Catholic.
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