[lbo-talk] The Military, the Church, and the Police

Marta Russell ap888 at lafn.org
Fri Feb 25 13:30:11 PST 2005



>DSR wrote:
>
>>America is choking off the need by Leftists to understand where
>>common ground can be found, e.g., Yoshie's citations regarding
>>similar economic concerns among evangelicals and leftists.
>
>A lot of which may be reflecting the opinions of black evangelicals
>- but that aside, while there may be common ground on "economic
>concerns," the solutions are likely to be different: church/private
>charity vs. state action. As Esther Kaplan wrote in her study of the
>Christian right, to that crowd, big government is part of the
>modernity they hate (and competition for their own church-based
>welfare programs).
>
>Doug

The Bush solution is to give the churches government money to run their "moral" church-based welfare services as he cuts back traditional gov't services. Marta

LA Times President Puts Faith in Religion-Based Social Services Bush favors private aid with a moral dimension at the expense of more traditional programs. By Peter Wallsten and Tom Hamburger Times Staff Writers

February 8, 2005 WASHINGTON - In the latest sign of a philosophical change in how the government should deliver social services, President Bush's new budget would cut some traditional aid for the poor in such areas as housing and health coverage. At the same time, some religion-based programs that promote such goals as sexual abstinence and marriage and provide mentors for at-risk children would enjoy increased federal aid. Both the shift away from long-standing social welfare policies and the willingness to step up spending on programs tied to religious organizations reflect the fact, analysts said, that the administration is more comfortable than many of its predecessors in advocating social service strategies with a moral dimension. Administration officials said Monday that the increases - although generally smaller than the cutbacks - would be made in part through payments to faith-based organizations, a hallmark of Bush's self-described "compassion agenda." snip --



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