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To: ftlpdx
What is morally right when it comes to, say, the working poor, or homeless people who have jobs? Do Bush's policies conform to what is morally right?

I think he does try to make his policies conform to what is morally right. But is it morally right to plunder some in order to give to others? Is it morally right to use this Gov't imposed act of Robinhoodism to gain political power?

It is morally right to help the poor. It is also morally right to let a person keep the fruits of his own labor. What one gives to others should be voluntary. It isn't charity if it starts out as robbery.

39 posted on 01/22/2005 9:14:05 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
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