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This was the response from the Republican governor South Dakota to a story about a food pantry for schoolchildren run by a Christian ministry in cooperation with a local school district.
Where do we even start. https://twitter.com/govkristinoem/status/1350887542854443008
Where do we even start. https://twitter.com/govkristinoem/status/1350887542854443008
Ironically, this is exactly the sort of anti-poverty program you would expect conservatives to support: faith-based, volunteer-run, bottom-up and locally focused. Not exactly a great example of the socialist leviathan.
There are some progressive politicians out there who would reject supporting a program like this simply because the organization is religious.
Apparently there are also some on the right who will reject it because it *checks notes* helps people without charging them?
Apparently there are also some on the right who will reject it because it *checks notes* helps people without charging them?
Sadly there's a common worldview on the American right that owes more to Ayn Rand than it does to Christian principles or even those of the American founding.
It's possible to have productive disagreements about the ways government and civil society should address social problems.
It helps to start with some basic shared assumptions like "feeding hungry children is good."
It helps to start with some basic shared assumptions like "feeding hungry children is good."
