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To: Aunt Enna
It was the Lord Jesus habit to constantly give money to the poor. Even to the very end.

Right. Jesus have HIS money to the poor. He did not go around to people, stick a sword in their faces, and demand that THEY give money to the poor under penalty of death.

Which is what socialism is: the use of political violence to redistribute wealth from those who earned it, to those who didn't (with the latter class including those who run the socialist system -- in the USSR, the ones who better than royalty were the inner circle of the Party).

If you do not believe that socialism involves taking your money by force, try sending a letter to the IRS telling them that you are declining to send in that part of your tax bill which goes for welfare. See how long it takes for IRS agents with guns to show up at your door

28 posted on 09/02/2003 6:40:50 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Java/C++/Unix/Web Developer === needs a job at the moment)
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