“Trickle-down” is a term of abuse invented by Leftists. It is a straw-man caricature of free-market ideas. By using this term, the Pope disgraces himself and abuses his office. He also reveals that, when it comes to economic ideas, he is ill-educated, and is merely parroting slogans.
“Catholic Social Teaching” is mostly a huge blunder. The real basis of any valid “social teaching” is to be found here:
Honor thy father and thy mother.
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife.
Thou shalt not covet they neighbor’s goods.
““Catholic Social Teaching” is mostly a huge blunder. The real basis of any valid “social teaching” is to be found here:”
No. The basis of social teaching is Trinitarian love: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20060526_compendio-dott-soc_en.html#Trinitarian love, the origin and goal of the human person
The ultimate basis of all Christian teachings are God Himself, not any law He handed down to us even though that is important too of course.
Very good. I can't remember challenging the expression with leftists. I guess very few use it. The true nature of capitalism is "trickle and flow around". Capitalism naturally (organically) and productively spreads wealth. Socialism artificially and destructively spreads wealth.
“Trickle-down” is a term of abuse invented by Leftists. It is a straw-man caricature of free-market ideas.”........... By using this term, the Pope disgraces himself and abuses his office. He also reveals that, when it comes to economic ideas, he is ill-educated, and is merely parroting slogans.
Rush mentioned that the use of this term is coincidentally a term used by leftists, and seemed to be not something that Pope Francis would actually say. Seems to me that this ‘slogan’ tripped off the tongue of a liberal translator.