But let’s say I want to cut all Federal Funding for abortion.
Is that an economic, or a social issue, or both?
Clearly it’s both. One of those issues is a question for the government (should the government use its power to force individuals to pay for an individual’s poor choices) and one is question of individual integrity (would I murder my own unborn child). If a large number of individuals are willing to do the latter, your society is so depraved that its destruction will not be stopped by the correct answer to the former. Government can effectively refuse to pay for abortion. The government cannot effectively change an individual’s heart if that individual is willing to murder her own child.
Taxing is the role of the government. Spiritual renewal is the role of the churches, the faithful and the individual.