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> Why do you feel you need to frame the argument as such? While it might not be your view, the notion that the poor "deserve their lot" and even that their bei
by jberryman 15y ago
> Why do you feel you need to frame the argument as such?
While it might not be your view, the notion that the poor "deserve their lot" and even that their being poor is the Will of God (evangelical prosperity theology) is literally a mainstream conservative position.
If this doesn't ring a bell then you haven't actually been paying attention.
- learc83 15y agoMyself, I'm libertarian, but I grew up in a very conservative household, surrounded by conservatives at church, and I was a conservative until my early twenties. I have never met a conservative who believed that the poor "deserve their lot." And I can't think of one single conservative I know who wouldn't love to see the elimination of poverty. They just disagree with the liberal method. If this were really the case why would conservatives donate money to charity? Why would conservative churches run food kitchens?
- pyre 15y agoHow many of those conservative churches accept government money to run their soup kitchens?
- brycecolquitt 15y agoJust as anecdotally, I have met plenty of them.
- jberryman 15y agoI should have clarified that when I said "mainstream conservative position" i meant that it's espoused by mainstream political figures (some current republican pres. Candidate for instance), rather than that it is the dominant conservative opinion.
- Roboprog 15y agoSuch people seem more than ready to forget about something called "Jubilee" in the Old Testament, it seems. Jubilee was essentially a 100% property tax (property, not income) collected (and redistributed) twice a century. Of course, that era in that tradition had no aristocracy, despite the supposed "divine right" of such. It's funny how people can skim through a 1200 page book and select just the parts they want to emphasize. I could go on, but I'm getting way off topic.