Posted: April 2, 2014
Representative Paul Ryan just released the latest version of his budget, once again proposing to slash lifelines for the poor and middle class in ways that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have previously condemned as immoral. Now a Catholic university is giving him an award for public service.
Marquette University is selling tickets and sponsorships at a swanky luncheon -- for up to $25,000.
It's one thing to recognize an elected official's public service and invite him to speak. But it's quite another to trade on Paul Ryan's popularity with the super-wealthy to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars, flouting Pope Francis' words about trickle-down economics and service to the poor.
Instead of accepting this money and effectively endorsing Ryan's worldview, Marquette should donate the money raised at this luncheon to the poor.
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