Pope Francis last week issued Evangelii Gaudium, or Joy of the Gospel, an "apostolic exhortation." Less than an encyclical on church doctrine, Evangelii Gaudium nonetheless stamps papal authority across Francis' recent speeches. The National Catholic Reporter likened it to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
For conservative pundits it's more of a nightmare:Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system. Meanwhile, the excluded are still waiting. [54]
ever notice the good things people say that are more in line with the mandate of church and America, caring for poor and sick is always denied and demonized as a waste, social nets we don't need, to say that is tantamount to saying let them die on the gurney in the waiting room of the ER, oh they did say that. much love for Pope Frankie IMO he has come closer to realizing the title he holds as Pope than any i remember i'm 65.
For conservative pundits it's more of a nightmare:
Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system. Meanwhile, the excluded are still waiting. [54]
Commenters looking for moral wiggle room at Free Republic debated the accuracy of the translation -- not of the whole document, just the passage above. A National Review critic argued that nobody said markets weresufficient to bring down poverty. Still, people working sweat shop jobs in developing nations are less impoverished. Those who lost jobs in this hemisphere? Well, those are the breaks.The "creative destruction" of capitalism, defenders argue, is a net positive. There will be winners and losers, sure. But hey, global income inequality is actually falling (the way customers' average wealth rises when Bill Gates walks into a bar). Others have contended for decades that the excluded are still waiting because they are shiftless, lazy, imprudent, extravagant, negligent, etc., proving Francis’ point about the present economy being soul-killing.
you cannot defend the indefensible they have thrown the switch that sends the train of economic equality to a different destination occupied only by the 1%. when there is so much documented truth to support the inequity they only look like deceitful lying "i want all the marbles" rich and those which aspire to keep that dynamic rising to the top, does that trickle down thing work for those politicians that vote in favor of those persons or have they been sold a boat with a hole in it and are still waiting for Beohner to pass out the bribe checks on the house floor?
