When hearing anyone discussing political or economic ideas, our society has been trained to look at them through one of two lenses: liberal or conservative. How you react to the ideas being expressed depends on the lens of your choice. Because of this, distributists need to be able to address the question that is foremost … More Is Distributism Liberal or Conservative?
Our chances of making a real societal change toward distributism within our life time seem small at best, so why bother with the effort of trying to promote a view unknown to most people and misunderstood by many who have heard of it? Even the founders of distributism knew that there was little chance to … More Why Bother?
Catholicism and Wealth Redistribution by Brian McCall, J.D. Catholic Family News
“Federal funds earmarked to offset Affordable Care Act insurer losses.” The Los Angeles Times 21 May, 2014 “The Obama administration has quietly adjusted key provisions of its signature healthcare law to potentially make billions of additional taxpayer dollars available to the insurance industry if companies providing coverage through the Affordable Care Act lose money. The … More Too Big To Fail
“A community of a higher order should not interfere in the internal life of a community of a lower order, depriving the latter of its functions, but rather should support it in case of need and help to coordinate its activity with the activities of the rest of society, always with a view of the … More Distributism Basics: The Nature and Roles of Government
The shutdown of the U.S. government on 1 October, 2013 is a real problem. The problem is not so much the shutdown itself, but what it represents and what it reveals about our government and those entrusted to exercise its power. Whether you blame the Republicans for insisting on tying portions of the Affordable Care … More Behind the Government Shutdown
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