Comments for Slouching towards Insolvency – and Servitude at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sat, 25 May 2013 22:20:06 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/slouching-towards-insolvency--and-servitude.html#comment-334 To answer Ron's question: by Pope Leo XIII in Rerum Novarum in 1891: The Church, moreover, intervenes directly in behalf of the poor, by setting on foot and maintaining many associations which she knows to be efficient for the relief of poverty. Today many would substitute in its stead a system of relief organized by the State. But no human expedients will ever make up for the devotedness and self-sacrifice of Christian charity. Charity, as a virtue, pertains to the Church. (paragraphs 29-30) - Dan Wiesler Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:59:14 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/slouching-towards-insolvency--and-servitude.html#comment-335 The contention, then, that the civil government should at its option intrude into and exercise intimate control over the family and the household is a great and pernicious error. True, if a family finds itself in exceeding distress, utterly deprived of the counsel of friends, and without any prospect of extricating itself, it is right that extreme necessity be met by public aid, since each family is a part of the commonwealth. Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum para. 14 - Dan Wiesler Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:50:42 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/slouching-towards-insolvency--and-servitude.html#comment-332 Mr Marlin, Very interesting analysis, but the word," Medicaid", represents the medical care of the indigent, the disabled, the aged and uninsured children. What would be your solution to their common good? - Ron Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:14:03 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/slouching-towards-insolvency--and-servitude.html#comment-331 I\'ve just entered my second year in NY (from Canada); what strikes me is the passivity of the electorate, apparently convinced nothing can be done. It's also the case that many, many families now rely on publicly funded salaries and submit to high taxes as the price one pays for a job. As you point out, there are no others. Such folk ALWAYS vote; their livelihood depends on the status quo. - Robert Bollini Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:13:27 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/slouching-towards-insolvency--and-servitude.html#comment-330 Clear, concise autopsy of a state, my state. And to think that it is the voters of moribund states like New York who gave overwhelming support to Mr. Obama. To think that the disease which killed New York will now be imposed on the rest of the country. God help us. - Robert Bove Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:12:19 +0100