He finally remembered that, did he? Wasn't this one of Bush's first-term goals, to cut welfare and aid programs and claim that community organizations could pick up the slack?
That I'm sure won't ever, either blatantly or subtly, pressure people in need to change their spiritually-related behaviors in any way in order to receive said help.
Faith-based AND community organizations. Sure, Bush wouldn't pass up a chance to push a religious agenda, but in this case it's more about the money. It was part of his campaign platform his first term, or at least was introduced shortly thereafter. Frankly, if I were receiving social services, I wouldn't be so much worried about religious dogma being pushed on me, as I would starving or having no shelter or medical treatment or disability benefits if I lived in a poorer community of if the economy were bad. Bush doesn't care if religious or non-religious groups step in as long as it becomes someone else's problem.
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