http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/helping-the-poo.html

must see clip on welfare. a popular thing to say these days is that it is un-christian to oppose welfare. you can care about the poor, and still realize that government economic intervention has hurt poor people more than it helps them. in the 20th century, the US government threw trillions of dollars into the 'war on poverty' and the national poverty rate has stayed exactly the same.