I can't believe how cold-hearted and stingy some Conservatives are. They are the ones who give Republicans a bad name.
'For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’
—Deuteronomy 15:11
Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the firstfruits of all your produce;
then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.
—Proverbs 3:9-10
Whoever brings blessing will be enriched,
and one who waters will himself be watered.
—Proverbs 11:25
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,
and he will repay him for his deed.
—Proverbs 19:17
Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
will himself call out and not be answered.
—Proverbs 21:13
Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed,
for he shares his bread with the poor.
—Proverbs 22:9
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
—Matthew 6:3-4
If you really want to be compassionate, you teach them to fish. You do not keep giving them MY fish. Keep doing that, and you are taking fish out of my children's mouths.
Impoverish me to make yourself feel better and I've got nothing left to lose. You really don't want that...
There is nothing 'conservative' about the global socialism you are preaching, and the global socialism that the president is practicing.
Donate your OWN money, which is what the Lord is asking YOU to do. DO NOT STEAL from others to assauage YOUR conscience, or to LINE YOUR POCKETBOOK with your foreign investments!
Shame on US? No pal, shame on YOU! You conviently leave out one of those pesky 10 Commandments - THOU SHALL NOT STEAL!
Which is precisely what your holiness is doing with regards to these policies which by the way do NOT work, are unconstitutional and prevent solutions that can and do help the poor from being enacted.
On a related note, how much of your OWN money have you donated to said causes? Not a damn penny I'm willing to bet. Easier to argue for politicans to steal it from others rather than endure some personal sacrifices. Once again, shame on YOU!
The history of "aid" to these countries is rife with corruption. A shipload of food may sit on the docks for weeks, then illegally sold to enrich a dictator, so that he can fill his offshore accounts, bribe his military, build himself a new palace.
I voted for W twice, but sometimes his throwing massive amounts of money at problems with no accountability is sickening. Katrina, for example, and truckloads of US currency thrown around like candy in Iraq, for another example.
How is this going to be any different?
Read the comment I just posted and the one above it by FlyVet. I'm not against helping people when it actually helps the people.
The problem is that the Bible commands Christians to be compassionate to the poor; it does not decree that the government be the institution through which our "charity" is funneled. Government welfare programs are not charity, nor are they ministry for Christian "donors" who have no choice but to "give."
Real ministry is Chrsitians working through churches, individually, or collectively to give of themselves to help others. As Washington said, government is force. It is not compassion.
You're one of those people who believes that spending a third party's money on a second party refered to in those scriptures, makes you compassionate. There's a major problem with this approach --- thou shalt not steal.