re: Thoughts on Catholic Church&#39;s Economic Philosophy

Posted by TrueTiger

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Posted on 4/29/14 at 12:13 pm to catholictigerfan

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Man should be able to privately own his property, but those who own private property should use it in a way that promotes the common good

Voluntarily

Posted by catholictigerfan

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Posted on 4/29/14 at 1:10 pm to TrueTiger

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Voluntarily

I agree

and the only time that an authoritative entity should step in is when it limits someone's freedom or affects someone's private property.

for example: someone is putting out lots of pollution, a neighbor should be able to bring him to court because of the things he is doing on his private property affects someone else's private property.

Posted by Tigah in the ATL

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Posted on 4/29/14 at 5:51 pm to Eric Cartman

You defined it but hardly showed it is a core Church philosophy.

Posted by Ralph_Wiggum

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Posted on 4/29/14 at 8:41 pm to Tigah in the ATL

Socialists agree that people should have personal private property such as personal belongs, a home, a car, etc and that people can own their own businesses like a restaurant, bar, store, auto repair and so on, but when property is not used to satisfy human need but used to accumulate excess property and capital and then used to exploit others it's wrong.

Posted by GumboPot

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Posted on 4/29/14 at 8:50 pm to Ralph_Wiggum

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Socialists agree that people should have personal private property such as personal belongs, a home, a car, etc and that people can own their own businesses like a restaurant, bar, store, auto repair and so on, but when property is not used to satisfy human need but used to accumulate excess property and capital and then used to exploit others it's wrong.

It's also wrong to steel property, which socialist promote though the guise of government.

Posted by Tigerlaff

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Posted on 4/29/14 at 11:31 pm to S.E.C. Crazy

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Obama can't be the anti-christ, he is not a Roman and won't be a head of the revived Roman Empire ( European Union ).

He very well might be the “ John the Baptist ” of the dark side. ( One who made the path clear ) The USA must lose all her credibilty, power and economic pull in order for the European Union to become the big dog, and Obama is certainly making that happen, rather quickly.

4 blood moons! A tetrad... always on a Jewish holiday...

Coincidence? I think not, dumazzes!!!!

Posted by McLovin NOLA

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Posted on 4/30/14 at 6:12 am to Eric Cartman

Capitalism and Socialism are both products of the European "enlightenment" and as such they are both poor and injust models.

I am a believer in Distributism as the best economic philosophy, at least theoretically.

The focus should be on property ownership for everyone instead of corporatocracy and a "fair share" tax system.