the argument is about the role of government. You want them to do more, I want them to do less.
For gosh sakes, we are the United States of America, the greatest country on earth. There is no reason we can't create a good government. We succeed at every thing else we put our mind to.
I am not anti government, I am pro good government. And the kind of government you want to create is a nightmare that has failed every where it has been tried and only made matters worse. Every liberal idea just creates a new richer and more powerful government employee. In the end, the only way to get ahead is work for the government, because they control everything. And if you want to be independently wealthy, you better have good friends in the government. Nobody can do anything without government approval. And this is the body you want to give even more of your dwindling power to.
So we can assume that the Catholic Church in your area is housing and feeding all the homeless? No? Those philanthropists we keep hearing about? No?
Bad luck.