Clinton Speaks about Bush-

[Name]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

To the contrary - I know no such thing, In fact, there has been much complaining - here on this board as well, I point out - that the Bush administration would dare have his dreaded faith based initiatives to help the poor and needy. "Separation of church and state!" is the cry. Don't tell me it's bs, WB. The government has always sucked at helping the poor and needy (how much has been spent on the "war on poverty?????), and a new approach to try to integrate faith based organizations was derided wholeheartedly.

I was sitting at lunch today, and thought, hrmm, there is a way to have the government legally finance faith based initiatives, its even written in law. Its in the tax codes, and its called a write off. Quite simply, if you want to your favorite faith based charitable organization to be better funded, well then give to them, and to ensure that YOUR tax money as a tax payer is going to the organizations that you think they should go to, then write off that money off your taxes. In fact, if the government got out of the business of subsidizing all the charitable organizations, there would be absolutely no bitching or complaining about funding faith based organizations.

So, if you want to fund your favorite charity, and lessen the burden on the government to do it, give to them, it will decrease your tax burden at the end of the year, will ensure your charities(faith based or secular) have the monies they need, and the money that would have gone to the government to use as they see fit will now be going to your favorite charity. I think that a smaller government starts with everyone doing their part to help it become smaller.

Just a thought, and I hope it came out the way I intended it to.

[innerSpaceman]

Well, a very good point that the government can hardly become the smaller thing some people claim to want until those people start doing the things themselves which they want the government to grow smaller by not doing any more.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Well, a very good point that the government can hardly become the smaller thing some people claim to want until those people start doing the things themselves which they want the government to grow smaller by not doing any more.

Good point...although I wonder if this is a chicken and egg type argument.

[wendybeth]

Excellent point, iSm.

Scaeagles- I almost fell out of my chair (from laughing) when I saw your post!

Nephytys, iSm is right- my post was not directed to you or at any one person, although the sarcasm was intentional. (Unless you personally awarded the no-bids to Halliburton and Co). I notice a lot of general sarcasm in these discussions, and we all do it. Be pretty boring if we didn't.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I notice a lot of general sarcasm in these discussions, and we all do it. Be pretty boring if we didn't.

Yeah, whatever.

[wendybeth]

Bite me.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

"You must spread some Mojo around before giving it to wendybeth again."

[wendybeth]

"You must spread some Mojo around before giving it to Motorboat Cruiser again."

[Nephythys]

what a bunch of suck ups

[sleepyjeff]

3 of my favorites right in a row

Luv you guys