From the UK - Church Schools Losing Their Religious Freedom?

Church schools could be forced to promote Islam and homosexuality, Catholics fear - Telegraph:

"Church schools could be forced to promote Islam and homosexuality, Catholics fear"

From the Telegraph of London. The Left hates church schools - they threaten their goal of social indoctrination. This is England now - how long before it comes to America? We have already seen moves in California to ban home schooling. We have seen the Democrats shut down a very successful school voucher program in Washington, DC. Phasing out of charitable deductions will also put the financial squeeze on church schools. Expect to see greater scrutiny of the teacher credentials and curricula of religious schools on the horizon.

Big Brother Wants To Control Philanthropy

Activists Want to Redistribute Philanthropic Wealth Based on Racial Quotas - WSJ.com:

"Nonprofit leaders are reeling from the recent news that President Barack Obama's proposed budget would limit tax deductions on charitable contributions from wealthy Americans. But now the philanthropic world has something else to worry about. Today the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), a research and advocacy group, will release a report offering 'benchmarks to assess foundation performance.' Its real aim is to push philanthropic organizations into ignoring donor intent and instead giving grants based on political considerations."

The totalitarians in Washington can't bear the idea that other entities besides Uncle Sam might be doling out charity to the needy. The attack on private charity so far has at least three prongs:

1) Cut off their funding by taking away the tax deduction for charitable giving
2) Insinuate the government in their operations through expansion of George Bush's ill-conceived "faith-based initiatives" program. Like profligate banks that have taken TARP money, charities that take part in this program will soon find Washington calling the shots on what the can and can't do, who they can and can't hire, etc.
3) Regulate foundations, so that they have to give in ways acceptable to Washington, and in ways that pay off the Democrats pet interest groups.

If At Least This Debacle Were Teaching Us a Valuable Lesson...

But no. The expedient explanation for the political classes is that failures in the capitalist system and greed are to blame for the economic meltdown. This is a great boon for the big government types because it puts them in the driver's seat. But, of course, the collapse is the fault of the government - primarily due to reckless monetary policy (needed to paper over reckless fiscal policy), and massive government interference in the business of making mortgages.

See Stanford professor, John Taylor's analysis:


Government Intervention, Not the Lehman Collapse, Caused the Financial Crisis - WSJ.com

SCARE THE HELL out of the populace with dire predictions that only you can address:

"We have chosen hope over fear." -- Pres. Obama, January 20, 2009

"A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe"..."Our nation will sink deeper into a crisis that, at some point, we may not be able to reverse. " -- Pres Obama, February 5, 2009


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/04/AR2009020403174.html?nav=hcmoduletmv

OMG! An IRREVERSIBLE financial crisis. End of life as we know it. Please, Mr President, save us! No percentage of our GDP is too great, no amount of government meddling in our economy and our lives is too great a price to pay. Tell those irresponsible Republicans in Congress to stop asking irritating question about how you will, specifically, be spending a mere $900B.