Take That Faith-Based Initiative

It is now time for the compassionate conservatives to step up and apply some of that faith-based initiative to help a growing number of ministries and organizations in our fair city of Amarillo. Within the last several weeks there have been articles in the paper reporting that the Faith City Mission, Family Catholic Services, Goodwill, Tyler Street Resource Center and Crime Stoppers, because of the drop in voluntary donations, are having to cut back or eliminate services to those that need them. More and more children, women and men are having to depend on these groups because of lost jobs, cut-backs in government services, mental health problems, disabilities and, yes, the ever-present minority that won’t work. Because of this decreased income these organizations (like the government services with reduced funding) are not able to keep up with the increase in demand for their help.

We have heard from our current Republican administration and congress that, with the tax cuts given and cuts made in government agencies, the compassionate conservatives will jump in and take over the responsibility of the needy. Okay. They are ready.

-Liberalator