Eve Tushnet has a good post about abortion and compassion.
She asks why compassion has to be associated with state action. I agree; I wonder too. I wonder why people who give a lot of time and money to other people through private efforts, especially programs run by their churches, yet don't like to pay ever-increasing taxes for failing social programs, are labeled uncompassionate. When talking about all the money spent on acts of compassion, why does the liberal press consider only money spent by the government? Couldn't they at least give credit to those who give via the private sector, including mission work done by churches?
Posted by joelfuhrmann at January 23, 2003 11:32 PM