When torn between your head and your heart, choose your head, because your head takes your heart into consideration. I believe the government has no right to confiscate my money and give it away to charity; I believe also that I am morally obligated to help victims of Tsunamis. What I would like to be able to do is keep more of my money and decide which of many charities I would like to fund to help the Tsunami victims.
"When torn between your head and heart, choose your head..."
Excellent statement. In politics, conservatives always make decisions based upon what the head tells them. Too many strains of so-called conservatism want to introduce emotion into the equation - just like the left has for eons. Big government social engineering where America's well-being is not directly at stake (as in the WOT) is big-government social engineering, be it from the left or the right. Our money should not be confiscated - and it certainly shouldn't be handed out overseas.
If you want to help, give to a private charity - and leave my (confiscated) money out of it.