[lit-ideas] Re: Paying taxes for months on end
- From: Brian <cabrian@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 14:02:13 -0500
On 5/24/05, Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It seems to me that the issue is not whether poor people should get benef=
its
> not available to others but whether government is the best agency for
> providing those benefits. In the past in the West and in many parts of t=
he
> world today, religious institutions have provided these services. If we
> don't like religion, what could replace religious institutions and be mor=
e
> effective than government in putting the weakest parts of our society in
> position to contribute? =20
Yes, Phil, good question. In America we already know what it looked
like before government stepped in and charities (mostly religious)
thrived. Marvin Olasky wonderfully chronicled this in THE TRAGEDY OF
AMERICAN COMPASSION.
~Brian~
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