Collectivists of every stripe - communist, socialist, progressive, liberal, Leftist, you name it - LOVE the disgust conservatives have for the poor. It gives them all the political ammunition they'd ever need for a thousand years.
Personally, I think the collectivist threat is direct and absolute Divine justice against a Christian people who have paid mere lip service to what Jesus himself - not some interpreter - said was his most important commandment: "Love each other as I have loved you."
I know, I know, that's an incredibly difficult command to understand. Even with Jesus's explicit teaching through the parable of the Good Samaritan, it remains highly mysterious.
That's why, instead, we get to fight the endless onslaught of murderous collectivism exploiting our denial - until we finally realize that Jesus wasn't kidding.
Because He also said "the poor will always be with you." So what it boils down to is, we volunteer to deal with the problem - or collectivists use the issue to empower the state.
And step one is to stop sneering, and remember - yes, even with the drunks and the drug addicts and the insane and especially those without money - "there, but for the grace of God, go I."
Sniff....sniff.....
>”...the disgust conservatives have for the poor.”<
Are you nuts or just uninformed?
I agree. Criminals should get NO medical treatment of any kind. Problem solved.
“What would Jesus say about a country that treats its poor with more contempt than its criminals? “
Invalid statement. Food Stamps, WIC, Housing, County medical treatment, etc.
Unfortunately this guy is the wrong color to be given these things without having to hire a lawyer and sue the government.