Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
I am not a practicing Christian (understatement!) but I think it is perfectly reasonable to NOT give to every request that comes my way.

I have defined areas of charitable giving. Not everyone with their hands out gets my money.
IL, “I can’t right now” is a perfectly acceptable answer. The far righters I see online are very much into “bootstraps” aka deal with it on your own. Not only are they against welfare, some are even against private charity. They don’t care about things like illness, etc.