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Social Democracy was invented by a conservative (Bismarck) to preempt socialism.
It seems that the large majority of Christians are conservative. What is it about free markets, low taxes, minimal welfare, lax gun control, and strong crime policies that appeals so strongly to Christians? I'm not saying that Christians should be liberal– I'm only asking why those opinions are so specifically attractive to Christians.
It seems that the large majority of Christians are conservative. What is it about free markets, low taxes, minimal welfare, lax gun control, and strong crime policies that appeals so strongly to Christians? I'm not saying that Christians should be liberal– I'm only asking why those opinions are so specifically attractive to Christians.There is only one issue: Slavery vs. Freedom.
Free markets, low taxes, etc. is the side of freedom. Christians don't want to enslave others. Liberalism is nothing but a pro-slavery movement.
There are Christians who are liberal, and nonbelievers who are conservative...
There are Christians who are liberal, and nonbelievers who are conservative...I agree that there are some nonbelievers who are conservative. But, your other assertion doesn't compute.
Being an enslaver is a deal breaker. People can call themselves whatever they want, but if you love your neighbor, you'll set your neighbor free.
I agree with liberals that Christian values do not lend themselves well to unrestrained markets.
Economically I defend one contention; there should be no such thing as the working poor. Any person who works a full-time job, meaning 40 hours a week, should be able to live a dignified life and have their needs met. We can debate all day about how this could be done, but one thing is for sure, the status quo won't do. Neither will completely unregulated markets.Why aren't Catholics satisfied with a basic economic safety net?
That sounds like capitalism to me. Those who produce (workers) are the worst off, while those who merely coordinate production, but don't produce themselves, get obscenely wealthy. It's very hard to be a working-class person and believe in the mythology of American capitalism.socialism: punishing producers, rewarding non-producers
Practically I support;
Universal single-payer healthcare
Universal single-payer education up to graduate level
A federal living minimum wage adjusted to inflation and the cost of living
Paid maternity leave
The elimination of unemployment
The bible itself tells you to pay your taxes. Is it too much to ask that instead of paying for corporate welfare, those taxes would go to public welfare?On top of that, you want the government to shoot me in the head if I refuse to be robbed by the government to pay for it.
And government is established and sanctioned by God. Libertarian philosophy is incompatible with Christianity, the underlying principles of the two systems of thought are entirely contradictory.Government power is ultimately through a gun. That's why police carry guns, in case lessor efforts to force compliance fail.
Public works projects and job placement assistance to find people job slots in the private sector.How would you achieve 100% employment?
If employment is made a social right, then no one will have an excuse to be unemployed except legitimate inability to work. One who is able to work, and chooses not to, would receive no social benefits.And, how would you get people to take these do-nothing jobs, or any job, when you'll have the government take care of them even if they stay home and drink all day?
Funny you mention that, I do believe prisons should be made more humane.How dare we put that person in a humiliating prison jumpsuit and make him sleep in a cell, like a caged dog?
Are not all of us sinners? Do we not deserve dignity?Why does an able-bodied man who refuses to work deserve "dignity"? Why does a woman who behaves without dignity deserve dignity?
Well I'd actually be able to have healthcare, unlike now, and I'd actually be able to go to college, again, unlike now. In one year from now, if I get sick, I'm sol. I'd love to go to school, but I can't because I can't afford it. Where is my dignity under this system? A social market economy will resolve the grave ills of capitalist market economies.where would you dignity be if you were dependent on the government?
What a wonderful piece of rhetoric, sounds great on paper. Much like communism....oh wait...reality doesn't exactly conform to our theories does it?If you love your neighbor, set him free.
The alternative to socialized education is stratified education. Meaning some could afford it, others would go without because of lack of means.
The bible itself tells you to pay your taxes. Is it too much to ask that instead of paying for corporate welfare, those taxes would go to public welfare?
We have single-payer education in America. The result is a very expensive educational system that does a very poor job educating students. On top of that, it's militantly, even if subtly, anti-Christian. And, you want to expand the government's role in education.
Single-payer healthcare would be expensive and do a poor job, too. We'd have doctors milking the system and government rationing health care. And, we'd have the government freely using our money to fund for abortions, sex changes, b00b jobs, and other things that have nothing to do with treating disease. This is your ideal system, all that you aspire too?
On top of that, you want the government to shoot me in the head if I refuse to be robbed by the government to pay for it. Government power is ultimately through a gun. That's why police carry guns, in case lessor efforts to force compliance fail.
That doesn't go far enough. Health insurance is terrible. You have to pay monthly, and then when you need it you still have to pay copays, deductibles, etc. This is of no help to working people. I work full time and, even with Obamacare, I still can't afford healthcare. I simply don't have $200 a month plus extra expenses to pay for healthcare. For me, and millions of other working Americans, its either universal FREE healthcare or we go into debt. The entire health insurance industry should be abolished, we need universal single-payer healthcare for all, no exceptions no compromise.I'm not against the idea behind the Affordable Care Act, tax credits to buy health insurance.
Oh please. Just because it's secular doesn't make it anti-Christian.
Why does it work in the rest of the developed world, then?
The government will murder you if you don't pay your taxes?
Oh please. Just because it's secular doesn't make it anti-Christian.I get it, you've never attended a public school.
Why does it work in the rest of the developed world, then?Does single-payer healthcare work well in the rest of the world? Most medical breakthroughs happen in America and I understand other developed countries often have long wait times for medical treatment (an onerous method of rationing). And, medical care is still expensive other developed countries (even if not as expensive as in the US). One way Canada and the UK save money is by not paying out the billions in malpractice as the US does, which is another change I'd make. You don't get to be a millionaire because a doctor left a sponge in you, or you had a bad reaction to medicine.
The US has a more burdensome demographic problem (yes, that's a racial comment, but true) compared to countries like Canada and the UK, meaning the same thing there won't nearly as well here. I'm certain my approach would work far better than what exists in any country of the world.
The government will murder you if you don't pay your taxes?If you don't pay your taxes, you don't get the credits.
But, yes, the government will shoot you in the head <pow .... splat>, if that's what it takes.
The idea is to minimize the impact of the government while still providing a wide access to education and medical care. If you control how the money is spent, you'll have a lot less objection to paying it. And, because there's still accountability through competition and personal choice, the financial burden will be much less than with socialism.
I think a lot of Christian conservative are just about not being libreal (as I am, of course i am not conservative either, I mean that in regard to part platforms not so much my political beliefs). Free markets are a lie I don't care which party you are from they both prop up big corporations at the expense of small businesses and the american taxpayer. Taxes are theft so I can easily see why someone would want less stolen from them. Welfare is an evil neccessary because of a flawed economic system, I would love to see it abolished, but because it is not needed, not to spite the poor as conservatives like to do. Lax gun control is bad only no gun control is acceptable in a "free" society (I know we aren't free). Yes the conservatives love crimes, war crimes, financial crimes, crimes against humanity and yet they put people in prison for growing a plant (liberals too btw). I think if people really sat around and thought about stuff a bit maybe read a little they would be screaming about this scam we call a government.It seems that the large majority of Christians are conservative. What is it about free markets, low taxes, minimal welfare, lax gun control, and strong crime policies that appeals so strongly to Christians? I'm not saying that Christians should be liberal– I'm only asking why those opinions are so specifically attractive to Christians.
Because we are right on all counts?It seems that the large majority of Christians are conservative. What is it about free markets, low taxes, minimal welfare, lax gun control, and strong crime policies that appeals so strongly to Christians? I'm not saying that Christians should be liberal– I'm only asking why those opinions are so specifically attractive to Christians.
Our government may function, but its kind of like a smartphone you drop facedown on the concrete. people shouldn't want to pay taxes they are theft and they prop up a currupt system the fact that we are forced to pay for our own opression is sad, but you saw what happened to those guys in P.A. when George and Alex had to protect their business from the common folk, they bet a bad precedent. Bad precedent by a bad President, I like it.Actually, I did. Preschool through 12th grade.
No system is perfect, but no one is trying to emulate the pay-or-die system we have.
But that obviously doesn't happen, so...
You won't have a functioning government if you're free to decide what you want your taxes to go to. If taxes were optional, people wouldn't pay.
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