No $10 Dream: Rubio on Poverty  MW-
BS170_rubio__MG_20140108104726I have considered Senator Rubio
with some hope since he burst on the scene. Now, after reading
his thoughts on the “War on Poverty,” at least some of what I
hoped he could be has started to come to fruition. His speech
didn’t just give me hope for him, though. If he is the real
thing, he could lead the Republican Party away from their
constant talk of protecting the rich from taxation and towards a
defense of the working poor who’ve been abandoned by a
Democratic Party focused on free contraception, gay rights,
abortion on demand and the environment.  What’s more, his
analysis and proposals for dealing with poverty in America seem
to be a faithful presentation of Catholic Social Teaching.
Whether he meant it or not, I do believe that they are more
faithful than that which sadly passes for social justice in the
Democratic Party in their war against poverty.  Rubio is spot on
at the beginning when he speaks about the importance of the
livable wage