Instead of programs and public spending, public officials need to work—without interminable government grants and rigid regulations—to help build up a vibrant private non-profit sector (“civil society”)

Toward a New Political Paradigm: 

A Call for Catholics to Reform the Republican Party

by Stephen M. Krason

The late European scholar Dr. Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn said that politics in Western countries typically features a “Santa Claus party” and a “belt-tightening party.” We are in the midst of an American political campaign where we are witnessing just that. The Democrats think that government can solve most problems by promising to provide more programs and largesse to more groups of people. The Republicans will cut back on the largesse—or, more accurately, on the growth of the amount of it in the future—but won’t eliminate any of the programs.

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