Comments on: Government can help with but cannot win the war on poverty http://www.catholicvote.org/governmentcannotwinthewaronpoverty/ Sun, 19 May 2013 02:47:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dennis http://www.catholicvote.org/governmentcannotwinthewaronpoverty/comment-page-1/#comment-105782 Dennis Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:05:45 +0000 http://www.catholicvote.org/?p=43414#comment-105782 Putting charity in the hands of the people may sound like a great idea if we did live in a world of angles. If every American has 10% of there income going to government and it is spend soley on helping the needy and it is stopped then we need to have people volentarly donate to these causes. But in reality if 50% of the people refuse we are then left with the other 50% having to give 20% for there to be the same effort. Yet in reality it would suprise me if 25% did give. Which means they would need to give 40% to charity if not more.

As far as the states doing a better job than the feds yes they can but the question is do they? While 5 states may actualy do more than feds what about the 15 that do nothing? Should not every American be treated the same?

Years ago Wisconsin had the best welfare system for the poor in the country. If you headed to some states they actualy put up signs telling the poor you can get more in Wisconsin. The result was a migration of the poor to Wisconsin and an explosion in the welfare cost. This can be true on many issues.

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