. . those who champion Colbert as some sort of political genius and social prophet for our times seem to miss a very important dynamic in this whole equation – what can the government realistically do, and what should it do? Just because …Jesus fed the five thousand and told his followers to give their cloak and go the extra mile, should we expect such actions always to be taken by our government? I’m not sure that the words of scripture necessary relate in a 1:1 correlation to the mission and tasks of government … do they?
Liberal Democrat policies have also been detrimental to marriage, which is one of the best solutions for poverty.
“Barack Obama’s solution for the poverty problem is more redistribution of money from taxpayers to the poor. But there’s no evidence that more money is the remedy because we’ve been increasing handouts every year, and the problem keeps getting worse.
Contrary to a lot of chatter, this isn’t a teenage problem (only 7.7 percent of new single moms are minors), and it isn’t a failure of birth control, and it isn’t the accidents of unplanned pregnancies. These single moms want their babies and confidently expect Big Brother to provide for them.
Rector’s solution to the poverty problem is marriage. He urges government policies to promote and strengthen the institution of marriage instead of providing incentives to discourage it.
Marriage drops the probability of child poverty by 82 percent. Marriage has just as dramatic an effect as adding five to six years to the parents’ level of education.
@Pew Potato….learn to take a joke. Everything isn't life and death serious. Stephen Colbert is a genius. And single moms shouldn't marry the fathers just to lift the poverty level in America. Wake up and look at social situations below your own.
AMEN!!!
Love that closing!
. . those who champion Colbert as some sort of political genius and social prophet for our times seem to miss a very important dynamic in this whole equation – what can the government realistically do, and what should it do? Just because …Jesus fed the five thousand and told his followers to give their cloak and go the extra mile, should we expect such actions always to be taken by our government? I’m not sure that the words of scripture necessary relate in a 1:1 correlation to the mission and tasks of government … do they?
Jesus is not a liberal Democrat. But neither is he a conservative Republican. Any attempts to squeeze him into one of our 21st century political boxes is pure idolatry.
<a href="http://www.lutheranzephyr.com/main/2010/12/is-jesus-a-liberal-democrat-really.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheLutheranZephyr+%28The+Lutheran+Zephyr%29" target="_blank"> <a href="http://;http://www.lutheranzephyr.com/main/2010/12/is-jes…” target=”_blank”>;http://www.lutheranzephyr.com/main/2010/12/is-jes…
Liberal Democrat policies have also been detrimental to marriage, which is one of the best solutions for poverty.
“Barack Obama’s solution for the poverty problem is more redistribution of money from taxpayers to the poor. But there’s no evidence that more money is the remedy because we’ve been increasing handouts every year, and the problem keeps getting worse.
Contrary to a lot of chatter, this isn’t a teenage problem (only 7.7 percent of new single moms are minors), and it isn’t a failure of birth control, and it isn’t the accidents of unplanned pregnancies. These single moms want their babies and confidently expect Big Brother to provide for them.
Rector’s solution to the poverty problem is marriage. He urges government policies to promote and strengthen the institution of marriage instead of providing incentives to discourage it.
Marriage drops the probability of child poverty by 82 percent. Marriage has just as dramatic an effect as adding five to six years to the parents’ level of education.
If single moms were to marry the fathers of their children, the children would immediately be lifted out of poverty. Eight out of 10 of these fathers were employed at the time of the births of their out-of-wedlock children.”
<a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/PhyllisSchlafly/2010/10/12/marriage_is_the_key_to_spending_cuts/page/full/" target="_blank"> <a href="http://;http://townhall.com/columnists/PhyllisSchlafly/20…” target=”_blank”>;http://townhall.com/columnists/PhyllisSchlafly/20…
@Pew Potato….learn to take a joke. Everything isn't life and death serious. Stephen Colbert is a genius. And single moms shouldn't marry the fathers just to lift the poverty level in America. Wake up and look at social situations below your own.