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[quote=Anonymous]A study done by the Aspen Institue found that churches spent on average 3% of their budgets on social services. Over 70% went to salaries for employees and building maintenance. The rest mostly went to fund Christian education. Economists classify churches as clubs (excludable, non-rival up to a threshold). Relying on charity to help the needy is unworkable. Charitable giving is procyclical (people give more when the economy is good), but people have greater needs when the economy is bad, when mosr charities are tightening their belts. That reinforces a recession. By engaging in countercyclical spending, the government softens recessions (and booms). That's just freshman economics.[/quote]
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