In Cato we Trust

il Cato Institute non puo' essere di certo accusato di fare da sponda a liberal e socialdemocratici vari: e' un think tank solidamente libertarian, ma abbastanza pro-republican da avere persino appoggiato la candidatura di Sam Alito alla Corte Suprema.
Di coonseguenza, se parla di separazione fra Stato e Chiesa e non guarda in faccia a nessuno, sarebbe il caso di starli a sentire:

"'For years, conservatives have complained about what they saw as the liberal tilt of federal grant money. Taxpayer funds went to abortion rights groups such as Planned Parenthood to promote birth control, and groups closely aligned with the AFL-CIO got Labor Department grants to run worker-training programs. In the Bush administration, conservatives are discovering that turnabout is fair play [...] Under the auspices of its religion-based initiatives and other federal programs, the administration has funneled at least $157 million in grants to organizations run by political and ideological allies, according to federal grant documents and interviews.',reports The Washington Post

In the Briefing Paper 'Corrupting Charity: Why Government Should Not Fund Faith-Based Charities,' Michael Tanner, director of Cato's health and welfare studies, argues that giving faith-based charities federal grants to provide social services risks mixing government and charity in a way that could undermine the very things that have made private charity so effective. Tanner writes, 'Government dollars come with strings attached and raise serious questions about the separation of church and state. The potential for government meddling is tremendous, and, even if regulatory authority is not abused, regulation will require a redirection of scarce resources from charitable activities to administrative functions. Officials of faith-based charities may end up spending more time reading the Federal Register than the Bible.'"

Mille volte ragione: la ONG che accetta soldi da un governo si vende per un sacco di lenticchie, l'aiuto governativo non e' mai gratis, ha solo un costo enomre, ma ben nascosto.