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To: SeekAndFind
[How] do you respond to some libertarian argument that says it is NOT the government's job to take tax payer money to fund humanitarian aid to other countries?

It is my considered opinion that when "We, The People" have all but totally ignored the problem, and are continuing to fail to address it through our own personal, charitable giving to organizations actively engaging the issue on the ground in Africa; at that juncture I think the onus to act can be legitimately taken by The Executive, the moral duty having thus devolved upon his Office by our collective failure to act privately in a degree equaling the severity of the issue. No, I do not believe that to be a Constitutionally defined role of The Executive, but seeing as righteousness in America has deteriorated to such a degree that we are able as a Nation to generally ignore the fact that millions in Africa are all but walking dead -- damned to the Hell of AIDS temporally, and then to Hell eternally -- if there be one righteous man who apprehends the gravity of the situation, and is in some degree empowered to rectify our collective lack of Christian charity, then let it be The Executive. Should we deem his recommendation out-of-line, we have Congress to bring to bear in opposition to it, and if our arguments cannot prevail before Congress, then they will carry The President's objective forward, and will answer to us in Town Halls, and at the polls. It is there that we will see whether or not their support was truly harmonious with the Will of The People.

114 posted on 08/04/2009 12:41:23 PM PDT by HKMk23 (In the end, life contains only one tragedy: not to have been a saint.)
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To: HKMk23

Powerful post. Thank you!


121 posted on 08/04/2009 1:19:38 PM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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