Yes, Americans have always been a generous people, but at no time in our history has generosity alone been enough to sustain those of us who are more unfortunate. Did you know that charitable contributions were at an all-time high in 1932? A full 1% of people's incomes on average were being donated to charitable contributions at the time. One percent! That is a *huge* number, and that was mainly encouraged by President Hoover, trying to exhort people to pick themselves up by their bootstraps to get out of the Great Depression. Well, it didn't work. We were in a depression for nearly ten more years despite people's benevolence.
And FDR never said he had all the answers...in fact, he admitted when he was elected that he didn't know how to get out of this mess (this was '33) and that he would just try new things, because we can't make things any worse. This is where the "collectivism" you complain about comes from, and it's interesting to note that many of FDR's programs lasted well past the Great Depression, and some are still around today. I have no idea on what basis you claim that what FDR and LBJ did were "unconstitutional". If they are "unconstitutional", then why hasn't their constitutionality been challenged by some enterprising Ken Starr wannabe? We've had plenty of GOP administrations since then that could've taken them on.
This guy tries to say that it is the "Liberal" Party that has gone to the aid of the oppressed, when in fact, these Collectivist Federal BureaucRATS have simply used the Lower Class to further the Left's insatiable Lust Fer Power and Money. Enslaving the Blacks and Browns and Injuns (yep...I'm part-Injun) with subsistence-level Federal Handouts while simultaneously destroying their Educational Opportunities with the BRAIN-DEAD Teacher's Unions and the Dept. Of Education is not honorable or kind...IT IS EVIL!!!!!!!
People here are very quick with conspiracy theories about everyone on the Left being power-hungry criminals. Truthfully, we have our share of the same type of conspiracy theories about the Right on our side. But the truth is that the vast majority of our lawmakers, both left and right, are sincerely trying to help the country. They just have two radically different theories about how to do it. However, I do see it as more of a common PR practice for the Right to pick and choose facets of a single leftist lawmaker (Clinton, Daschle, or whoever is Rush's flavor of the week) and use it to extrapolate about every one on the Left, than the Left doing the same thing to the Right.
This has probably helped to shape many people's views on welfare. They hear a story on Rush about a welfare mom who bought cocaine with her WIC money, and they just assume that all people on welfare are nothing more than leeches. They completely ignore the 99.9% of people who use welfare to buy evil, selfish things like milk and baby food. They completely ignore the vast majority of people on welfare who desperately want to get off of welfare, because relying on welfare makes you piss-poor and is pretty embarrassing. Generalizing about one or two bad stories makes it easier to convince people to trash the whole welfare system, rather than take the time to fix loopholes that might cause this isolated case. Same for the teachers' unions too. If you're trying to prove that 100% of people who work for the DoE or who live on the dole are "EVIL", as you so mildly put it, you need to have overwhelming evidence that this is true, not just isolated evidence. Just because a solution sounds simple doesn't mean it's the right decision.
Jesus was never EVIL, but the Left most assuredly is...and I won't even venture into the Abortion Question, in which Lib'rals find sooo much joy in wantonly SLAGHTERING the weakest and most defenseless amongst us!!
Well, OK. I don't share his views on abortion -- I think God made it pretty clear that "thou shalt not kill." So I'm not going to defend that part of the piece. But look at the spirit of Jesus teachings and compare it to liberal philosophy: a concern for the well-being of others above your own concerns. As the piece said, it is inconsequential to compare Jesus' teaching to contemporary politics, but I certainly see a better reflection of Jesus in modern Democrats than I do Republicans. But if you can prove me wrong, fire away.
Ha! A liberal never worrys about others more than himself. A liberal's answer to every problem is to use government to steal from other people, not themselves! A liberal doesn't believe in charity, a liberal believes in his own right to direct the possessions of others toward those of his choosing, and that's usually someone who will help liberals achieve their high places. Liberals use the rich and the poor for their own benefit!
As the piece said, it is inconsequential to compare Jesus' teaching to contemporary politics, but I certainly see a better reflection of Jesus in modern Democrats than I do Republicans. But if you can prove me wrong, fire away.
How can that be when a lot of Dems are thieves, liars, atheists and on top of that, they murder the weakest among us through their support of abortion? There is no doubt in my mind that when the antiChrist makes his appearance and begins to deceive the nations that it will be the liberals and liberal Christians that empower him. A liberal is so driven by a false sense of superiority that when the AntiChrist comes along, he will be irrestible to liberals.