Comments
by Wanda Hodge
A Bridge to the Past
Federal aid to religious
charities is a disaster in the making. There
are far too many loopholes
and pitfalls along this path that could
result in millions of needy
citizens falling through the cracks of
society.
Once social services are
placed in the hands of religion, what will the
next step in the scheme
of things be, cut off federal funding
altogether, placing the
entire burden on the churches to dole out
charity as they see fit
and as funds allow? This course of action by the Right Wing is nothing
new. Long before FDR orchestrated the New Deal with Federally funded social
programs that Conservatives loathe with a passion, the only relief
available was church-based charities. Millions of Americans went homeless
with many literally starved to death because the churches were not able
to handle the burden of poverty that the vast majority suffered through
during the 19th and early 20th century.
The closer we look at these
Republican schemes the clearer the past
becomes. Instead of a bridge
to the 21st century that Clinton had hoped to build, the Bush administration
is building a bridge to the 19th century, the height of the
Gilded era of Corporate Imperialism where sweat shops and the
7 day work week was common place, minimum wage, workmen's compensation
and labor laws didn't even exist. Women and minorities were second
class citizens with few rights, education was a privilege reserved for
the upper class. These non progressive schemes of the Right Wing are leading
the US down a blind alley of destitution. As a result of corporate globalization
this new breed of anti American Right Wing Conservatives could
care less about their own countrymen, their loyalties are with Wall Street.
*Wanda |
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