I believe that Regina Schmiedicke, Dr. Graham and I all share the same end with respect to the type of society in which we wish to raise our children. We are all seeking one in which we can best live out our Christian values. We part company when it comes to the means chosen to achieve this end. First, I would like to thank Mrs. Schmiedicke for clarifying what is meant by distributism. I was not aware of its historical context, and the term does have a dubious connotation.
People paying for goods and services generate income.
But that is not how most people get most income. Because each person was born into a fixed social class in England when distributism was originated, I can understand how it was viewed as a solution. I also learned that despite its name, distributism shares with capitalism the goal of reducing statism. But the way in which Regina Schmiedicke would have government implement distributism, makes me question whether that goal is taken seriously. Perhaps Mrs. Schmiedicke's definition of government coercion is vastly different from mine, but punitive taxes certainly fits the bill as far as I'm concerned.