Posted on 12/26/2013 6:32:04 AM PST by SkyPilot
Pope Francis' controversial economic views have startled Republicans who are now having to rethink their relationship with the Catholic church, according to Politico.
The pontiff has recently attacked "trickle-down economics, saying that the theory has never been confirmed by fact," and "that it expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power."
The pope also criticized "the idolatry of money" and slammed capitalism as a "new tyranny."
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has already called Time's "Person of the Year" a closet Marxist and now Republicans in Washington are taking aim at the pope, who took over the office in March.
New York Rep. Peter King, who went to a Catholic school and graduated from the University of Notre Dame’s law school, told Politico that the pope’s economic statements are demeaning.
King said that Francis uses the phrase “trickle-down” as a “pejorative” term, “like some liberal speechwriter stuck it in.” He said, "I genuinely believe (that) supply-side economics does more to help people come out of poverty, move up in the world."
But King added, "On the other hand, we shouldn’t be dwelling on wealth. The guidance I’d take from this is, when I support conservative economics, I should do it in a way that helps the most people.”
Arizona Sen. John McCain said that, although he was "impressed" with the pope's modern day outlook on social issues and helping the poor, "his economic perspective I’m not particularly enamored with."
The pope maintains that he wants to de-emphasize the church's position on issues like abortion and gay marriage and instead concentrate on more important problems such as helping the poor and the underprivileged.
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Nope...I didn't say you guys were bad, just said I was skeptical...
Don't know...If I don't part my hair, there is no part...HaHaHa...But I play it safe...I part my hair in the middle...
I know nobody here believed this guy...
Ryan and King, tuff on the pope and easy on the president.
hhuummmmmm....... trying to imagine what you look like....... Maybe your hair is the reason flat top haircuts were invented or...... you are bald. :)
Maybe the Pope does not Remember Ronald Reagan , but I do, and Trickle down worked great for him.
The Pope has maybe been looking at Venezuela’s trickledown to political cronies and gotten the wrong impression.
Does the Pope know that the poor are not what is keeping his Church’s bills paid? Fact is the rich will always be rich and the Middle strives to become rich and the poor sit and wait to be given the rich’s of the rich and the Middle.
If you could see the entire picture, you’d see that there’s a strong wind blowing from Reagan’s right...
Got plenty of hair...Back in the late 60’s when we all had Beatles haircuts, I had it chopped off and opted for a flat-top without telling my girlfriend before hand..That was my first major mistake as a human being...
It worked for Reagan but it sucked for the rest of the Country...
Big business got the tax breaks that 'trickled down' to them but instead of trickling down to new machinery and more American employees as we were led to believe it would, the tax money gushed over to China, Mexico and parts of Europe for big business expansion in those Countries...We the American workers didn't benefit at all...
In theory tho it was an alright idea...
Mr Ditter was in college when I met him and he had a flat top. He was cute!
I make no apology for weighting a Military service the equivalent of a Bachelor degree in considering employment in my companies..
I have never regretted it, nor have I ever found a Grad School Graduate, more than a 5 year in field experience, equivalency.. It's getting so exasperating dealing with college grads thinking that they actually have any real understanding of real world problems, or hands on solutions..
They are usually being taught by folks that failed in their field of knowledge, or from unproven, or outdated theories.. Oh well..
Exactly.
Whenever I hear the "social justice" and "economic parity" rhetoric coming from someone who claims to be a Christian, I look the to the Gospels and New Testament writings. Everything there points to the saving power of accepting Jesus as our Savior. That is what they should be concerned with.
There was a time and a place...Was he the only one out of three thousand who had a flat top???
dittos!
No he wasn’t the only flat top but he was the only one for me. :) We just celebrated our 56 wedding anniversary.
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Hitler and Stalin were into wealth redistribution in a big way
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Well congratulations...I hope you get many more...And, btw, I was the only flat top for miles around...
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