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US Bishops: Ryan Budget Fails to Meet ‘Basic Moral Test’
Catholic Culture ^ | 5/9/12

Posted on 05/10/2012 11:59:02 AM PDT by marshmallow

A day after the House Budget Committee voted 21-9 to approve a budget plan proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) renewed its criticism of the plan and urged members of the House of Representatives to “put a circle of protection” around three “essential programs.”

The entire House is scheduled to vote on Ryan’s Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act on May 10.

“I reiterate our strong opposition to an unfair proposal that would alter the Child Tax Credit to exclude children of hard-working, immigrant families,” wrote Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. “Denying the credit to children of working poor immigrant families--the large majority of whom are American citizens--would hurt vulnerable kids, increase poverty, and would not advance the common good.”

“The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), provides vital food security to families during tough economic times,” Bishop Blaire added. “It is estimated that cuts proposed in this bill would deny assistance to two million families, and cut the benefit for everyone else. No poor family that receives food assistance would be unaffected, constituting a direct threat to their human dignity.”

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TOPICS: Catholic; General Discusssion; Moral Issues; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: catholic; liberalfascism; socialism; socialistcatholics
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1 posted on 05/10/2012 11:59:04 AM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Guess I will have to dust off my copy of the Catechism and see where it talks about essential government programs...


2 posted on 05/10/2012 12:01:50 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: marshmallow

Butt out Bishops!


3 posted on 05/10/2012 12:01:55 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: marshmallow

Socialist/Communist government murdered more than 100 million of their own citizens in the past hundred years, but I guess the bishops don’t consider that to be too high a number.


4 posted on 05/10/2012 12:03:23 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Do I really need a sarcasm tag? Seriously? You're that dense?)
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To: marshmallow

Maybe the Bishops should address how it is “moral” to use the coercive power of the state to extract wealth from one bunch of people in order to give it to another.


5 posted on 05/10/2012 12:03:52 PM PDT by Busywhiskers ("Once you have wrestled, everything else in life is easy" -Dan Gable)
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To: marshmallow

Robbing Peter to pay Paul, Bishop?

Charity is supposed to come from the heart, not armed government coercion.


6 posted on 05/10/2012 12:04:31 PM PDT by EyeGuy (Non-Holder person.)
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To: marshmallow

Just some left wing lunatics who make me want to puke.

Pious b@#*^%^s who apparently think the high moral ground is to steal money from working people and hand it out to loafers, druggies, pimps and whores just to scrape up a few votes.


7 posted on 05/10/2012 12:06:24 PM PDT by San Jacinto
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To: marshmallow
Silly me! I thought the reason we put money in the collection plate and poor box was to provide for the needs of those unable to make a living wage. And I thought the reason we paid taxes was to fund necessary government functions, like Defense.



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

8 posted on 05/10/2012 12:06:43 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: marshmallow

Ryan’s plan must be a good one if the Catholic Bishops are holy-kincker knotted.


9 posted on 05/10/2012 12:07:43 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Willard Romney, purveyor of the world's finest bullmitt. | FR Class of 1998 |)
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To: marshmallow

And Bishops....is it not the Churchs’ duty to take care of the poor and widowed??? Step up and start acting like Christ wants you to. Care for the poor with the money that is tithed to you. Encourage your congregation to care for those less fortunate...but why put the burden on the government???


10 posted on 05/10/2012 12:08:46 PM PDT by NC Angeleyes
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The Catholic Church has a few nickels laying around. Maybe they should should take over these transfer-of-wealth payments to those whom they believe are in need. God loves a cheerful giver, Bishop.

What's that? You would have enough left to build another cathedral? Tsk, tsk.

11 posted on 05/10/2012 12:20:50 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne (Don't vote for anyone who worked for Goldman Sachs)
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To: NC Angeleyes; All
"Encourage your congregation to care for those less fortunate...but why put the burden on the government???"

You are ignoring the difference between the freedom of religion established by the Constitution and the freedom of worship advocated by communists governments and the Obama administration.

Freedom of religion ensures that religious institutions can actively participate in the public discourse on a peer basis with any other secular organizations. We have a freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. The Catholic bishops have every bit as much right, representing the countries 64+ million Catholics, to advocate for policies and priorities in line with the Church's values as any political party, union, PAC or pact.

12 posted on 05/10/2012 12:26:24 PM PDT by Natural Law (God, be merciful to me, the sinner!)
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To: marshmallow
Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's;... and render the rest to Caesar too, while you're at it.

or something like that.

13 posted on 05/10/2012 12:30:15 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (You only have three billion heartbeats in a lifetime.How many does the government claim as its own?)
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To: marshmallow

I am a Catholic, but the Bishops’ desire for social justice is what brought us Obamacare. How is that one working out for you, bishops?


14 posted on 05/10/2012 12:33:18 PM PDT by Lou L (The Senate without a filibuster is just a 100-member version of the House.)
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To: Dr. Thorne

I am a bit of a loss to understand... Catholic bishops act all indignant at Obama’s birth control/abortion pill mandate, then demand government provide MORE food stamps??? Isn’t there something in the Holy Bible about serving two masters? You can’t have it both ways bishops.

http://ricochet.com/main-feed/American-Catholicism-s-Pact-With-the-Devil


15 posted on 05/10/2012 12:35:16 PM PDT by FiddlePig
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To: marshmallow

There would be fewer poor if the GOP and Democrats spent more time putting Americans to work instead of exporting their jobs to the rest of the world.


16 posted on 05/10/2012 12:44:14 PM PDT by ex-snook ("above all things, truth beareth away the victory")
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To: marshmallow
This is why part of me thinks the whole contraception mandate is a sham.

Forgive me friend, but I have see to many false flag operations. I expect a “compromise” in October letting parts of the Catholic church not follow the mandate, and a surge of Catholics supporting Obama.

17 posted on 05/10/2012 12:57:07 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: marshmallow
Are these Bishops or Commissars?
18 posted on 05/10/2012 1:09:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: marshmallow

I sure wish the bisops would supply us all with their backgrounds in economic training?

As Paul Ryan has already pointed out...he believes in his plan BECAUSE he cares about the poor.


19 posted on 05/10/2012 1:12:06 PM PDT by Scotswife
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To: marshmallow

Maybe the Bishops should ponder why these programs are in such sad straits. FRAUD.


20 posted on 05/10/2012 1:14:06 PM PDT by lastchance ("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
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