tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298313449146479396.post7592471514382937168..comments2020-12-03T02:04:12.192-08:00Comments on Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?: Who Will Be Justice For the Poor?John William McMullenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894473566410682127noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298313449146479396.post-66276869210608912232011-09-05T20:58:47.837-07:002011-09-05T20:58:47.837-07:00I am very willing to help those who are suddenly i...I am very willing to help those who are suddenly inpoverished through no fault of their own. But I get a little nervous when people start talking about social justice nowadays. Typically it often means taking more of my very hard-earned dollars and giving them (via taxation) to people who -- many of whom -- have been on the welfare dole for three and four generations. Social justice ought to have some requirements of the recipient -- to get jobs, regardless how menial they may be. It was people who took menial jobs who built this great nation. I am concerned when we offer sappy love to people trained by our society to be lazy and expect me and others who work hard for our money to just hand my salary over to them. Even St. Paul said, if someone is not willing to work, they shouldn't eat (2 Thess 3:10). Again, I am not talking about those who are impoverished through no fault of their own. But those (happily) are in the tiny minority of people on the government dole.Rich Maffeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499633873603333492noreply@blogger.com