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Originally Posted by Ryanderman
And Conservatives aren't all, "The poor and the sick suck! Let 'em rot!" They're actually all, "It's not the government's place to take care of the poor and the sick, because that would give the government too much power! The poor and the sick should be taken care of through private enterprise and charity!"
You can then argue about whether private enterprise and charity are capable of fully filling the need, but that's another argument.
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Nope it's not. The viability is directly involved in the argument and to ignore it is an act of willful ignorance. They may not be directly saying "Let's kill the poor" they might as well be.
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And actually Conservatives in general, and Conservative Christians specifically, are among the largest givers to charity by percentage of income (on top of tithes to churches), as well as among the most generous in volunteering with charities.
Ya know, like Jesus.
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Considering the average conservative has far more disposable wealth and free time than the average liberal and pays a much lower proportion of taxes (which goes towards helping the less fortunate) it at least evens out.
Also I'm pretty sure Jesus would vote for the
Official Monster Raving Loony Party because he would like a joke as much as the next man.