When are we going to hear this:
"Private charity is fine, but the victims of Katrina should not be helped with tax funds."
"Taxation to redistribute income is nothing more than a form of theft. While the situation of the people affected by Katrina is unfortunate, that is not a reason why the government should steal money from others in order to give it to them.
"Furthermore, helping out all these people will foster a sense of dependency -- pretty soon people will expect the government to show up with free umbrellas every time it rains. This is nothing more than another liberal scheme to make big government bigger through feeding it with our tax dollars.
"Liberals say this thinking reflects a lack of compassion on the part of conservative Christians. But I don't remember where the Bible says that we should steal money from some people to give it to others. And what do liberals know about compassion anyway? They kill the unborn, they starve Terry Schiavo to death, and then presume to lecture conservative Christians about compassion! No, liberal compassion is false compassion. The truly compassionate person will contribute to private charity, just like the Bible says. But beyond that, Katrina relief is best left to the invisible hand of the Free Market."