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To: Strict9
Goldwater, in The Conscience of a Conservative, advocated getting rid of welfare in favor of private charity:
Let welfare be a private concern. Let it be promoted by individuals and families, by churches, private hospitals, religious service organizations, community charities and other institutions that have been established for this purpose.

If the objection is raised that private institutions lack sufficient funds, let us remember that every penny the federal government does not appropriate for welfare is potentially available for private use—and without the overhead charge for processing the money through the federal bureaucracy.

Indeed, high taxes, for which government welfarism is so largely responsible, is the biggest obstacle to fund raising by private charities.

32 posted on 01/22/2025 12:35:42 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

yes of course. Private charity. if a person wants to give another person, something out of the goodness of their heart, I’m all for that. But when you start forcing people to take money from one group and give it to another group that’s sick.


88 posted on 01/22/2025 2:41:39 PM PST by Strict9
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