I watched a debate on TV lately in which the liberal blamed the crisis in America's cities on the wealthy leaving the cities, thereby depriving them of a large part of the tax base, and the conservative blamed it on the unionized workers.
She even defended the right of those who left, saying both 'why shouldn't they do the best for their family' and 'why should they pay' to help those who were unable to leave and were stuck with the mess.
In other words, she believed they should make NO sacrifice, all the while demanding more sacrifice from the city workers.
I hardly know how to respond to such a world view - the wealthy are entitled to anything and everything they can grab, while those who are not wealthy must face a neverending cycle of more and more sacrifice. How can this make any sense??
Such is the end you arrive at in a on your ownership world.
Conservative Christian is the worst, most hideous oxymoron in the world.
Christians are commanded to share and care for all their brothers and modern day conservatives see no obligation by anyone to anyone. Paul Ryan even wanted to deny disaster relief unless it could be carved out of the budget somewhere else. Losing your house is apparently not as important to him as losing your tax break.
If this philosophy succeeds, we won't need hell anymore - we'll be there.
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