tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post2191710603525996277..comments2024-03-29T03:38:13.003-04:00Comments on Farmers Letters: A New Model for Thought-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-78188972935044056912011-11-08T08:22:19.705-05:002011-11-08T08:22:19.705-05:00To "volunteer" a charitable offering all...To "volunteer" a charitable offering allows "virtue" to be exhibitted. To be forced to pay a tax... where does the "virtue" enter into it? Government forced charitable giving is almost certainly an anti-virtue.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-17246747169509863432011-11-08T07:59:36.775-05:002011-11-08T07:59:36.775-05:00Secularist religions do substitute taxes for chari...Secularist religions do substitute taxes for charitable giving. That was the danger that I believe Madison foresaw in his <a href="http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/sacred/madison_m&r_1785.html" rel="nofollow">Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments</a> (espec. #3).-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-46672474600025979702011-11-07T23:12:47.268-05:002011-11-07T23:12:47.268-05:00No prob. I'm just ramblin anyway.No prob. I'm just ramblin anyway.elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-2355803979477464632011-11-07T09:21:01.762-05:002011-11-07T09:21:01.762-05:00Sorry elbro, my FIOS went down over the weekend at...Sorry elbro, my FIOS went down over the weekend at won't be back up for a few days. I'll comment more when it comes back.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-36874107331577512362011-11-05T15:39:53.187-04:002011-11-05T15:39:53.187-04:00The Christian right has a similar fault, with the ...The Christian right has a similar fault, with the mega churches...I believe in a form of <a href="http://relationaltithe.com/" rel="nofollow">relational giving,</a> at least I know where the money is going.<br /><br />There's even a new monasticism in some Christian <a href="http://www.thesimpleway.org/" rel="nofollow">circles.</a>elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-41506870085775848852011-11-05T13:29:09.431-04:002011-11-05T13:29:09.431-04:00And as Brooks notes its one way that we as America...And as Brooks notes its one way that we as Americans are exceptional.elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-48052871992857722752011-11-05T13:06:52.508-04:002011-11-05T13:06:52.508-04:00and when Brooks asked why?
Why do Americans give ...and when Brooks <a href="http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/are_americans_generous" rel="nofollow">asked why?</a><br /><br /><em>Why do Americans give so much more than Europeans? Recently, François Heisbourg, director of the Foundation for Strategic Research (a Parisian think tank), summarized the differences between Europeans and Americans: “The biblical elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-83121497893176289532011-11-05T11:42:53.201-04:002011-11-05T11:42:53.201-04:00gave as much. (Darn phone)gave as much. (Darn phone)elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-26637014603758498462011-11-05T11:25:43.959-04:002011-11-05T11:25:43.959-04:00If I remember correctly he also compared economic ...<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0465008216/ref=aw_d_detail?pd=1" rel="nofollow">If I remember correctly</a> he also compared economic systems and capitalist countries Gabe as muchas 27 times more than their socialist, mostly European counterparts.elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-15686257567344179542011-11-05T11:14:28.516-04:002011-11-05T11:14:28.516-04:00? That's the problem with liberals they view t...? That's the problem with liberals they view the gubmint as all benevolent and taxes as their TITHE. Arthur Brooks wrote a book about this. He writes about how liberals donate less to charity because they view taxes as a charitable donation.elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-71003337631480357422011-11-03T21:35:21.632-04:002011-11-03T21:35:21.632-04:00They wouldn't have to do the Starbucks additio...They wouldn't have to do the <a href="http://youtu.be/hpAMbpQ8J7g" rel="nofollow">Starbucks</a> additions...Speedy Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640242783952822072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-55710469515341654412011-11-03T21:33:48.179-04:002011-11-03T21:33:48.179-04:00How so? If supplies were greater, doesn't tha...How so? If supplies were greater, doesn't that "devalue" (make cheaper) a product?Speedy Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640242783952822072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-43353972688878480472011-11-03T20:56:26.135-04:002011-11-03T20:56:26.135-04:00question...would this not devalue the service or g...question...would this not devalue the service or good you're buying?elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.com