[backwoods-engineer]

Those unfamiliar with the principle of subsidiarity would do well to spend a few minutes reading up on it. The whole idea of personal charity vs. coerced redistribution of wealth is wrapped up in it’s tenets. Yes, yes it is common Catholic terminology, but it transcends religious belief systems and makes enormous sense.

Yes. Read the book in my post #12 to understand it.

[mc5cents]

A very good article on the subject of subsidiarity can be found here. It is a piece from the Acton Institute. Worth the short read.