Forced charity through taxation?

Dispatches recommended by Greg Scandlen:

The commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves is a powerful mandate that all Christians must honor. It is, in my opinion, blasphemy to use it as a cudgel for political gain.

  • Loving our neighbor does not mean taxing some of our neighbors to give their money to others.
  • Loving our neighbor does not mean creating a sense of dependency so that they are incapable of controlling their own affairs.
  • Loving our neighbor does not mean leaving the children of our neighbors a legacy of indebtedness that can never be paid back.
  • Loving our neighbor does not mean becoming enablers of their dysfunctions.

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