Christian Democrats in the United States
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
8:03 AM
You're also not a communist if you think that everyone should be provided basic necessities like food and shelter, even the "undeserving poor," homeless, drunks and other sinners. No measure of health care or welfare for poor and/or inept people would require a state-run economy or any restriction of Americans' basic rights of free expression or association. Sending poor kids to the doctor in the United States will not result in the government sending off train loads of suspected dissidents or cultural groups to be executed. And, sending poor people to the doctor will not break our bank, it is overspending on illegal and unjustified wars that will break us economically.
In fact, one might argue economically that our commonwealth could save money by providing these basic needs, instead of providing emergency charity care for catastrophic health problems. The souls of people still want to explore avenues for personal economic and spiritual advancement. Isn't it in service of freedom and capitalism to give all people the chance to compete?
There's still plenty of room for inequity, for large personal gains, for competition, and for free expression. But you should feel free to say that the losers of the economic game shouldn't lose so much... no one should ever lose the chance to play again. That doesn't make you a communist. It just makes you a nice person.
national health care is not communism
You're not a communist if you think that Americans should get together and pool their resources so that everyone (especially kids) can go to the doctor. You're just a decent human being, and if you call yourself a Christian, you're a good Christian.You're also not a communist if you think that everyone should be provided basic necessities like food and shelter, even the "undeserving poor," homeless, drunks and other sinners. No measure of health care or welfare for poor and/or inept people would require a state-run economy or any restriction of Americans' basic rights of free expression or association. Sending poor kids to the doctor in the United States will not result in the government sending off train loads of suspected dissidents or cultural groups to be executed. And, sending poor people to the doctor will not break our bank, it is overspending on illegal and unjustified wars that will break us economically.
In fact, one might argue economically that our commonwealth could save money by providing these basic needs, instead of providing emergency charity care for catastrophic health problems. The souls of people still want to explore avenues for personal economic and spiritual advancement. Isn't it in service of freedom and capitalism to give all people the chance to compete?
There's still plenty of room for inequity, for large personal gains, for competition, and for free expression. But you should feel free to say that the losers of the economic game shouldn't lose so much... no one should ever lose the chance to play again. That doesn't make you a communist. It just makes you a nice person.
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