Unlike The Discovery Institute, I believe in the Constitution:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
"promote the general Welfare" comes right after "provide for the common defense" in its preamble.
I believe in truly free markets as our best answer for all things. However, a wise man once said, "The poor you will always have with you" (Matthew 26:11) He was quoting from Deuteronomy 15:11, "There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land."
I believe that our founding fathers understood, just as Jesus did, that poverty is part of the human condition and that compassion helps the compassionate as much or more than it helps those on whom we show compassion. America is a compassionate nation; we are the first to provide food and medical aid to foreign nations in time of need. How then can we refuse medical aid to the poorest of our own? Yes I believe in safety nets in education and health care for those who would have to do without it otherwise. It is one of the reasons for which our federal government was originally created.
I totally disagree, but thanks for the written-out opinion nonetheless.
Question is, what the hell are you supposed to do when the safety-net version of it starts costing three times what the free market version does?? Moreover, in the case of schools, there is an even bigger problem. Government worker unions, particularly the NEA, are one of the two major pillars of financial support for the demokkkrat party at this juncture, the other being the trial lawyers group. The entire public schools system has started to resemble an indoctrination system for the demokkkrat party.