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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
Nope. The context was specifically about people in the US that think that by voting to have their neighbors money be taken, and given to others, is not "compassion". If I come to your house and take half of your stuff under threat of force and give it to other people, am I being "compassionate"?
meanwhile, I would like to see ANY study or research that shows that the government has a greater ability to help the poor than private charities. The fact that the government can take our money by force, or print more, is not an indication of their ability to do good works with that money in any kind of efficient, or even fair manner. Please show me a place that tells you that the government is better at this. I would be fascinated to read it.
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in other countries there are almost no charities and no donations - at least not of any significance compared to what the government does
look up the so called "Agenda 2010" and "Hartz IV" reforms the german government did and which was a huge step to strengthen the german economy and brought down the unemployement by 2 million people
not all fine and dandy though - sure - but with the right steps a government can do a lot.
unfortunately it leads to everyone relying on the german money now
