Links for 2/28/19

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Living wages are outside the GOP playbook, which stresses self-reliance. When Jesus said it was more difficult for the rich man than getting a camel through the gate known as the Eye of the Needle, he was referring to the need to rely on others (and God) to enter the Kingdom and understand the Gospel. This is why the GOP does not break bread with Democrats for Life.

In a battle to be Speaker Pelosi's Vice President, money is not necessary. Of course, not accepting high dollar donations is why the Green Party remains fringe. Sanders has the same problem and his supporters are also a bit doctrinaire. The left will not succeed without some adult supervision. The Green New Deal and Medicare for All (at Medicaid prices) must be financed with a payroll tax (bad) or a subtraction value added tax, which also would include profits. I outlined how to pay for GND in comments on the Tax Policy Center web page. The article is at  https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/green-new-deal-would-cost-lot-green

I won't bother with Wohl. He is best ignored No one who reads him will read this column. Give ink to comrades instead, including those who can explain to single-issue Democrats why Roe was correctly decided, based not on the value of the unborn but on the power of the state v. the individual (as protected by the Federal Courts). At least maybe the USCCB will take notice of a reasonable argument against their attachment to the GOP. I would hope that they know that the Senate bill amounts to requiring extraordinary measures for children born alive. If they do, then they have done their homework and are doing deliberate evil by lying. If not, they need to hire staff who will.

The glorification of chastity shows a bias in Catholic sexual teaching toward asexuals, who believe that their natural inclinations are like everyone else's and that they are holy rather than different. That lack of self-knowledge often bespeaks sexual immaturity, which along with a history of being abused, is a main driver in abusing children. As for the Times editorial, such articles are made to persuade, not report all the facts. Sadly, they do pile on to the grandstanding about the issue.

I like Canterbury. The main blocks to ecumenicism are not accepting the primacy of New Rome or their finding that Anglican Ordination is valid (Melitios, 1922, with the Great Synod). Welcoming them brings in the Methodists and possibly the Presbyterians, all of whom accept the True Pressence and have valid ordination. They also do not dwell on chastity over standing up for the poor.