The “Common Good” as expressed by Arkansas Catholic Bishop Anthony B. Taylor appearing as a guest writer in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 2/9/13.

The Bishop’s opening paragraph demonstrates that he does not adhere to the constitutional concept of the separation of church & state.  Quote: “The central teaching of Catholic social doctrine is the sanctity and dignity of the human person”. I could not agree more with the concept; however the Bishop is referring to the conduct of illegal aliens, while refusing to honor the U.S. Constitution, and other national constitutions for that matter, add the rule of law and U.S. sovereignty without which there is chaos and anarchy. In this regard, the Bishop has publicly stated in the past that the Catholic Church cannot survive without the invasion of illegal aliens.  This alone positions his church in a criminal mode.

The Bishop speaks profusely about the federal government paying for an additional ¼ million Arkansas residents to be placed on welfare (how many illegal Mexicans are included?), joining the present number of 800,000 (legal & illegals) already wallowing in unearned largesse.  A question for Bishop Taylor:  Who funds the federal government? Is this not forced redistribution by theft, e.g.  Communism or religious altruism?   Marxism/Collectivism is always a failure, but only after it destroys the host.  The host in this case is the republic of the United States. The Bishop’s philosophy hangs an albatross around the necks of taxpaying American citizens.

The Bishop continues his screed stating that Medicaid spending in 2009 alone in Arkansas created 70,277 jobs and adding another 250,000 to the welfare rolls will create many more new jobs.  These are NOT jobs, they are government positions funded by hard working middleclass taxpayers in the private sector!  Show proof of 70,277 jobs, who the employers are, and who are the new proposed employers?

The most divisive lies the Bishop put forward in his editorial are the following:

1.    “We know the role of government is to foster the “Common Good”.  Straight out of Karl Marx.
“The Common Good” clause is explained in the Federalist Papers that were written by Founders James Madison, John Jay, & Alexander Hamilton.  All of which was undergirded by letters from Thomas Jefferson & John Adams. The intended meaning of the “Common Good” as the Founders and the Federalist Papers stated was what the colonists said the Common Good was…self-determination and responsibility for self…not what some self-serving politician or religionist says it means.

2.    Adding to the Bishop’s nonsense he goes on to state “For 100 years, American Catholic Bishops have called for universal healthcare (against the will of the American people and the Constitution) for life and human dignity, especially for the poor and immigrants”. He goes on to say with more Marxist ideology, “this includes making sure everyone has access to things needed to lead a life with dignity”.  More cradle-to-grave Communism and certainly, freedom is not denied to the poor.

3.    The Bishop, in another bombastic revelation…putting 250,000 more residents on welfare will “produce moral, social, and economic benefits for our state”. 
Bishop Taylor’s Catholic Church has a long history of criminal activities and abuse.  Openly, they advocate violation of Federal Law 8 USC, open borders, sanctuary cities, Catholic Charities (subsidized in the $billions by taxpayers) which aids and abets illegal aliens, then of course the most heinous crime of systemic pedophilia.  For this man to openly advocate anarchy can only lead to the opposite of “moral, social, and economic benefits” and drive the middleclass into oblivion, along with our rule of law and standard of living; there is no moral high ground for Bishop Taylor. In this context, American/Arkansan taxpayers not only subsidize Catholic Charities but also anti-American Hispanic organizations such as Lulac and La Raza (the Race), which are disciples of the Catholic church.

Those speaking of the “Common Good” are never the ones who pay for it. Isn’t Charity supposed to be the work of the churches and those who wish to freely give without coercion?  Not according to the gospel of Bishop Taylor. 

By the way, the Catholic Church possesses untold wealth & property, if the Medicaid project is really important to them, why don’t Catholics pay for it?  Is this not the height of hypocrisy?

Joe McCutchen
arkansasfreedom.net