Yes, the Pope. il Papa. That Pope.
Or at least l’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s house newspaper:
During a prolonged crisis, inheritance taxes, new forms of taxation or similar alternatives reduce or wipe out resources for investments, discouraging the trust of investors, penalizing the cost of the public debt and the possibilities of its renewal at its expiration. In this context, imposing taxes on property and on income is equivalent to a suicidal anti-subsidiarity of the state to the citizen. Those who legally possess assets, on which they have paid the proper taxes, have contributed to creating wealth and, thanks precisely to these assets, continue to produce them with investments and consumption.
If that were translated to English, wouldn’t it sound like Rick Perry or Paul Ryan or even Newt?
In short, governments must respect private property as part of their role in doing justice.
Well, yes, but also the private property of the rich has a role in improving the economy for everyone. He’s a trickle-down teabagger!
“Tea Partier” please. “Tea Bagging” is something perverts and sodomites do to one another.
it is a preemptive technique to erode any remaining cache of the term “tea bagger”
the fact that the pope could possibly be a “tea bagger” is a lure that the left will be unable to resist- much like dangling a piece of string near any cat– the perversions of the left cannot be restrained and would pounce all over this
the pope gave a very coherent response to the simple realities of free-market economics
if the pope continues a public crusade for a return to capitalism i may become an active tea bagging catholic again
the catholic church’s in pandering here in the u.s. is in step with the political left and has been for awhile– any moves by the head honcho can only be beneficial
daxypoo:
I am active in the the Church and a member of the TEA Party here in WY. You CAN do both
Others below – yes, the American side of the Church has quite a few faults. I cringe every time I hear phrase “social justice” and usually do my best to find the speaker and engage in a bit of education. The unfortunate end is it is almost always in conjunction with the one Catholic-run orphanage. I have a hard time believing anything I’ve said sticks in those folks’ brains when they come a-begging. The illegal immigrant thing runs into the same issues. At lease the Pope (or some official voice) has said something. Maybe it’ll start swinging the American end back to where it belongs.
Holy Mother our Church teaches us that taxes are to be legally avoided. All the Bishops in The Church apply for tax exemptions. This true of The Church through both time & geography.
Please, don’t use that slur.
Unfortunately, other words are also cheap. If the Pope were serious about respecting property rights, he would not be allowing the American Bishops to engage in vast wealth transfers through the church’s systematic protection of illegal immigrants and systematic welfare fraud being abetted by Catholic social service agencies (that get paid tax dollars to supervise and deliver social services — and also have some of the worst records in accountability and record-keeping). They would not be using their status and authority to challenge homeowners who do not wish their neighborhoods over-run by homeless addicts being egged on by socialist priests; they would not be lobbying for the early release of violent prisoners; they would not continue to ignore their obligations to cooperate with legal authorities in the remaining abuse cases; they would not be trying to sneak exceptions for the Church into state laws, and they would vigorously live up to their vows of poverty that are supposed to be the justification for their non-profit status which results in them being permitted to pay no social security for employees while taking from a system involuntarily supported by all of the rest of us. They would unambiguously respect our borders and acknowledge our generosity to the poor and oppressed throughout the world. There are many, many individual priests who do these things and many more who embody decency and sacrifice, but the Bishops and the Vatican have a very troubling record on the subjects listed above. One proclamation doesn’t change these facts.
Dammit, I’ve got to get that sarcasm font.
Wouldn’t help, my friend.
Some people are incapable of comprehending sarcasm, even if you’re wearing a sarcasm shirt when speaking.
I don’t think a simple request is untoward. You say ironic, I’ll be irenic, but it’s still gross on its face.
As soon as the Pope starts paying for all the anchor babies, and tells his followers to stop having as many kids as they can unless they pay for them, then he can be a Tea Party guy!
Right now, he wants the American tax payer to pay for all the healthcare of illegal aliens, and their anchor babies. The Marxist.
Hey! I’m all for helping folks, but this is not the correct way of doing it.
The slur completely erodes the message. Drop it.