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this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2023
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I don't have an issue with the fact that the church decides whom they help.
But that the state has so little in the way of social security that they instead have to forward people to a church instead, that's crazy.
3rd world country.
The LDS essentially owns the state of Utah, this issue is by design
Agreed - working as intended, and it's not just LDS. I'm in FL and churches here have been opposing publicly funded safety nets for my whole life, in favor of voluntary, often church-led, donations.