Economic Morality and Responsibility


	Economic Morality and Responsibility

ColoradoRight

9-2-2009 3:38 PM

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government, charity, stewardship, morality

ColoradoRight says:

the difference between talking about being a brother's keeper and actually doing something for your brother living in a hut on $12 a year.

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