[pieceofthepuzzle]

Actually, one of the problems I see with liberalism is that it splits the world into Tiny Tims and Scrooges, as if everything fits into these nice clean categories. Many liberal demographics are characterized as Tiny Tim-like, while the capitalists are all Scrooges. It's obviously not valid, but is a useful tool for the class warfare ploy of the left.

[Borges]

Scrooge relied on government (prisons and workhouses) to deal with social problems. The work is a plea for private charity.

[Borges]

Scrooge relied on government (prisons and workhouses) to deal with social problems. The work encourages private charity.