Distributing Dollars On Faith
Faith-based care brought to you by our "compassionate" "conservative"-in-chief. Do note the quotes around "conservative." You'll see why they're there once you read Amy Sullivan's Washington Monthly piece on how George Bush shovels dollars at religious organizations -- which really have no better record than secular ones -- if you look at real data instead of anecdotal evidence. Here's an excerpt from her piece:
Bush alone is responsible for supporting the distribution of taxpayer dollars without requiring proof that the funding produces results, for establishing a new government bureaucracy to give special help to a "discriminated" community that has always been on equal footing with everyone else, and for encouraging religious organizations to rely on government funding instead of encouraging private donations. It turns out that a "compassionate conservative" is a different kind of Republican after all. Just not the kind we expected.