Responsible capitalism

"Auditing the poor to pay for Hurrican relief"

 

Does that not sound very republican? So the GOP wants to audit the poor so they can take money away from those who are not technically "poor," but perhaps close to it. Does this not seem grade school bullish? Granted, the GOP motto is "we're rich because we have worked hard for it," and I even agree, I also agree in personal responsibility, less governemnt, and more privatization, but where is the responsible capitalism?

 

What keeps me from embracing the GOP as much as I do the Democrats politically (cause I am so socially liberal) is their lack of compassion for the poor. In a way I'm glad Katrina has been politicalized becuase it forces Bush to deal with the poverty problem. I read a staggering statistic that said half of all minority children in Lousiana lived below the poverty line. This is a state at is 65 % black. This a group of people who have continually been marginalized in America - poor blacks. They are labeled, stamped as unimportant, catergorized as dispensible and uniformally ignored by popular america. Before Katrina, policy makes in DC were considering eliminating popular welfare programs like food stamps and work programs. Get rid of food stamps??

 

So the money has to come from somewhere, right? We don't live in a socialists society (which I don't think would ever work). How about auditing the rich? Big corporations? Get rid of tax loop holes? Cut back on the number of countries the US military is occupying (and i don't mean Iraq, cause we should finish what we started...or else you are screwing a lot of people over. My family is from and is in South Vietnam so we know what that's like).

 

Anyway, just blogging around.