We should extend the charitable choice provision of the 1996 welfare reform law to all federal programs. We should extend the charitable contribution deduction to non-itemizing taxpayers to increase charitable giving and unleash the armies of compassion. We should complete the revolution in welfare begun by the Republican Congress by shifting power and money in caring for those left behind to institutions of faith and love. As in Lincoln's time, our challenge is clear and the work is too important to be left only to government. It is best done by our churches and synagogues, mothers and fathers, home and hearth.
Conservatives have much work to do, and a nation that is yearning for our message.
Let's get to work. Ralph Reed is the President of Century Strategies.