Being Catholic, I encounter quite a number of people of faith who are fairly liberal on many issues. They don’t understand why us conservative Christians focus so much on abortion and same sex marriage, and other social issues, rather than on poverty and injustice.
Well, now we are in this severe economic meltdown, and the liberal party, the Democratic party is in charge. So those issues are being addressed. Stimulus bill after stimulus bill is being passed or proposed, adding billions of dollars to “help” the poor and working middle class. The “tax cuts for the rich” are going to go away. Bills like the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act that “protect” consumers were passed (actually passed when George Bush was President, but with a majority Democrats in Congress). And so what has been the result. The stock market has crashed, wiping out Americans’ savings and retirement accounts. Unemployment has risen. Our government is demonstrating a hostility to the investor class, a willingness to expand government intrusion in our lives, and encouragement to unions and trial lawyers.
The Democrats talk romantically about the New Deal policies, but unemployment rose, after it was implemented, through much of the 1930s, just like it’s doing today.
So why don’t conservative Christians focus much on the economy, and instead on moral issues? It’s because we want Churches and charity organizations to help the poor. We don’t want the government to do anything to try to help the poor, because every time they try, it only makes it worse. We actually care about the poor and working middle class. We want economic prosperity, with everyone having an opportunity for a job and for success.
One last paragraph here. I addressed this to liberal Christians. What about liberal Jews? Well in keeping with policies of “helping” the poor, and avoiding war, Obama and the Democrats are considering funneling millions of dollars to the Palestinians in the Gaza and West Bank, which means of course, the terrorist group Hamas. Most conservative Christians and Jews prefer a strong national defense and standing strong against terrorists as a means to protect lives. Appeasement doesn’t work.