Sept 17 2023 - Government Charity VS Constitution

I believe our welfare state is a breach of the First Amendment. That is, replacing Christianity with government. Welfare is the state religion. Martin Luther can be thanked for promoting the idea that the government, and not the church, should take care of the poor. But that contradicts what Jesus said. He spent five minutes with a government official and never mentioned the poor. But he did criticize the clergy for oppressing the poor! In fact, in Germany to this day the church has paid tribute to the government. When I lived there you would mark your income tax return with whether you wanted money going to the “Catholic or the Lutheran Church.” Illegal immigration is promoted by the government because the government is taking care of the migrants. Jesus commanded his people to take care of charity, NOT the government!