yes - someone in my family is fine with getting rid of SS - because he says we need to tighten belts to keep the country afloat. Of course he is a boomer who has a really good pension and for him it IS just pin money. He's also a christian - but guess his version doesn't really require caring for those who have less than you.
A certain strain of Christianity insists that caring for the less fortunate is an individual and/or church responsibility, not the government's. I think *maybe* that worked in an agrarian society or in the mythical world where all towns are the size and composition of Mayberry.
It's not affecting them directly in ways they don't like. Transactional ethics all the way.
yes - someone in my family is fine with getting rid of SS - because he says we need to tighten belts to keep the country afloat. Of course he is a boomer who has a really good pension and for him it IS just pin money. He's also a christian - but guess his version doesn't really require caring for those who have less than you.
A certain strain of Christianity insists that caring for the less fortunate is an individual and/or church responsibility, not the government's. I think *maybe* that worked in an agrarian society or in the mythical world where all towns are the size and composition of Mayberry.