"How many people have you helped to start a new life in America.
How many have you taken in
How much money have you donated to someone that needed a hand.
If you are so concerned do something. Get off this forum and call your church to see who you can bring into your home to help.
Stop being a hypocrite. Don’t rely on the government. Don’t stand on the sidelines. Get in the game ..." Tk #17
Thanks Tk.
Doesn't Governor Romney tithe? Did the Romney's adopt a child from abroad?
You're right of course. But perfunctory donations to the Red Cross don't impress me all that much.
I've donated time at a local kitchen.
I've helped two to get a start in the U.S., provided lodging for each, though the Japanese guy returned to Japan. The other one's been here for decades.
Though potentially dangerous, I often offer roadside assistance if a motorist seems to need it.
I've done other things as well, helping out local businessmen, a pain in the neck during maple syrup season.
I even donate home heating fuel when I observe a local need.
This provides a good opportunity for me to offer the following inquiry:
Does U.S. government charity provide counterproductive dis-incentive?
I suspect before U.S. government welfare U.S. citizens felt more disposed to being charitable of their own volition.
But since U.S. governments elbowed their way into it, do we feel like: no need for me to act, the government will take care of it.
Though that may not be a technical violation of the 1st Amendment, I have wondered whether government charity has weakened the power and utility of the church.