Catholic for Choice: John Zmirak | National Catholic Reporter

Catholic for Choice: John Zmirak | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: Zmirak is simply arguing that the most important issue is abortion and any attempt to distract from it as a poliical absolute (and the reelection of Republicans) is not to be allowed.  Those of us who are third way economists do not need Papal direction to come up with alternatives to atheistic Marxism and exploitive capitalism.  We can do that on our own - although the major contribution of Leo XIII is not baptizing our movement, but treating as an absolute the contention that every worker deserves a just wage, not just a living wage that every worker should get, but one sensitive to family size.  Non-catholic economist Milton Freidman and Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama seem to agree with him in creating and expanding the Child Tax Credit.  Indeed, what Zmirak fears the most is that many Catholics will see that further expansion of this credit - at the cost of tax breaks for the wealthy for mortgage interest and higher taxes - will have pro-life voters in the Democratic column for years to come - regardless of how much White conservative Calvinist Christians believe that families must be held responsible for not gettng abortions and for supporting their families (they suggest abstinence for the married - like that is going to happen).