https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/28/the-liberal-god-delusion/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 04:45:19 -0400<![CDATA[This raises an uncomfortable question for true believers of the left: if organizations like the Salvation Army have indeed done a phenomenal job over many decades in turning lives around and bringing hope to the hopeless, why wouldn’t government want to invest its resources in supporting these operations rather than launching their own bureaucratic efforts? If private charities aren’t large enough at the moment to cope with the epic dimensions of poverty-related problems, wouldn’t government funding to expand these proven organizations provide a better investment—reaching more people at lower cost—than any costly federal start-up?]]>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:05:59 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/28/the-liberal-god-delusion-n98681