And as far as I can tell, pretty much no Republicans claim to be concerned about poverty, which Catholics (in tune with the Gospels, incidentally) are concerned about. Conservative policies would be better for the vast majority of the poor, but Republicans, with few exceptions, don't make the case. (There was Kemp, with his "enterprise zones," and a number of Republicans on charter schools.) And most voters don't know enough economics to figure it out for themselve. Most aren't even really conscious of the fact that, while gov't prints the money, the private section produces all the stuff that makes having money worthwhile.
Not too many of either party seem to run an explicitly anti-abortion campaign. Not that I've heard anyway.
“And as far as I can tell, pretty much no Republicans claim to be concerned about poverty, which Catholics (in tune with the Gospels, incidentally) are concerned about.”
You haven’t heard any pubs talking about how their policies really help the poor while the liberal ‘crats policies assure poverty? The welfare state locks folks into poverty and subverts the role of the Church, like most things gubberment is involved with. The “war on poverty” is just a phrase that does the opposite of what it implies.
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