Politics

and The Poor

"If we don't take care of the Poor we are going to hell" said Father Jim Greenfield summarizing Matthew 25. Indeed. That is the measure of a just society- how well we take care of the least of these, be they widows, orphans, homeless, limbless vets, the guy laid off who can't find a job or the masses of children who don't get three regular square meals a day.
"I am not concerned with the very poor" famously said Romney. "I like to fire people" he boasted. Why hasn't he been just totally disqualified?

It's Ash Wednesday tomorrow- which is a good time to see how well you are doing on the care for the Poor dimension.
To his credit Gingrich doesn't want people on foodstamps- yes, it has offensive racial overtones the way he calls Obama The Foodstamp President because the economic policies that created these conditions did not start with him and by the way more white people are on food stamps than blacks in this country. But he has a point that we need to take care of the people who can't eat because there are no jobs they qualify for and can do.

Now check out how well you love your neighbor if you can watch them go hungry and lose their housing.