MSW Responds to Paprocki

MSW Responds to Paprocki MGB: Life issues cannot be considered the most important in Presidential and legislative elections because there is simply no bill on the table to extend personhood to the unborn that intelligently deals with the equal protection issues inherent in such a task.  Using what we in economics and public finance call sensitivity analysis, being pro-life has little to do with reducing abortion.  On the other hand, supporting more liberal economic measures - including those which shift more tax credits to the poor (as Milton Freedman recommended - no socialist he) than government programs is a key life issue.  Whether to use refundable tax credits or direct subsidies is a matter of prudential judgment.  The decision whether to use tax and spending policy to do economic justice is not and the bishop and those in his camp risk the fires of Hell for suggesting otherwise.  (The cynical would say that he is bucking for a promotion to Rome by being outrageous - like Burke got).