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Originally Posted by Elphaba
Perhaps my thinking is too simplistic, but wouldn't it be more appropriate for the Red Cross to provide reimbursement to the churches that have taken on the role that the RC normally provides? The RC has received the lion's share of the donations coming in for Katrina and Rita and I believe the financial obligation should be there. I see no reason for FEMA or any other government institution to be involved.
The article Pan provided us appears to be proposing financial relief for churches within the disaster areas. Churches in my extended community have taken in a few families and they are fully capable of local fund raisers to support that effort. The larger churches in the disaster area have been feeding and housing large numbers of people. I believe it more appropriate for the RC to fund those activities.
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Exactly, this is what the Red Cross and United Way and other charities and church donations are for. To have the government step in and pay tax money proves we can not exist without some of the programs the government has cut.......
And if as Fistf pointed out the government did ask churches to help out until they could get there then it's not "giving" money it's paying for services the government requested and while I have a problem with religious entities getting tax money of any kind, I can live with and see a payment of reimbursement as being fair.
But from the way I read this was not that form of reimbursement.
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