tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post7813323535730719091..comments2024-02-19T05:09:00.099-06:00Comments on Lutheran Confessions: A Circle of ProtectionClint Schneklothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707900080657719369noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post-89148304951354398242011-08-12T07:17:21.441-05:002011-08-12T07:17:21.441-05:00Over the last 40 years we have spent hundreds of b...Over the last 40 years we have spent hundreds of billions of dollars on a myriad of social programs to help the poor, including direct financial assistance. But we now have a permanent underclass, with dependence on public assistance passed to each new generation. Illiteracy and insufficient education to participate in the global economy is at staggering levels in the underclass, as well as illegitimacy and social dysfunction. If we truly want to do God's work to assist the poor, honesty demands we consider whether the present structure of this assistance is actually counterproductive to improving improving the lot of the poor. I believe that is more essential than just protecting levels of funding of government bureaucracies that putatively are charged with "ending poverty".Rollcasthttp://deaddrifts.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post-75631574903009744902011-08-08T12:46:59.488-05:002011-08-08T12:46:59.488-05:00Can you help me understand that a bit better?Can you help me understand that a bit better?Clint Schneklothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00707900080657719369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post-27915817676245685512011-07-30T21:26:09.575-05:002011-07-30T21:26:09.575-05:00This statement should include "that we prayer...This statement should include "that we prayerfully consider whether the structure of assistance provided by government agencies have accelerated the rates of poverty and social dissolution, and if found to be so, to work to change these programs to provide true financial security and a path to self-sufficiency."RollCasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187869955773830620noreply@blogger.com