Republicans have been getting flak and praise today for their recent proposal on the federal budget. All that will continue, no doubt.
One of the articles I read today mentioned how the Republicans included the requisite tax cuts for the rich, don't care about the poor, blah, blah, Democrats care.
Now. I am sure there are Republicans who do not care about the poor. I am also sure there are Democrats who do not care about the poor. We are, after all, dealing with human beings in power.
Somehow in all the writing produced by the Republicans on this measure, the point is missed that this will in fact help poor people, all people (God loves the rich as well). By relaxing the government burden on industry, wealth is created. The American economic system is proof of that. Why else would so many people want to copy it out of their own volition? Why else would people have dropped everything they were doing in whatever country in order to move here? The more that wealth is freed from government usurpation (apart from its proper role, of course) the more is available for people to use as they will. And many will use that wealth to help those who definitely need it, as circumstances, conditions, and pure evil force people into situations where they are considered poor.
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I would agree that the creation of more wealth can help alleviate the suffering of poverty but I would disagree with a blanket statement that wealth equals "good for all people".
I think its pretty easy to recognize that money is a cruel master and has tempted people into nearly as bad of suffering as living in a slum in West Africa. It's just a very different kind of suffering.
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