“Stealing from hard working people”— Keeping one’s possessions secure They just want to take advantage of me “They need to get a job”— They are just lazy, “I’m up to my eyeballs in debt.”— I don’t have any extra “Family first”—I need to care for my own first “The poor will be with us always”—The need is so big, who can fix it “They’ll just use it for drugs and alcohol”—They will use what I give for evil purposes “I worked for my money”—I can use it as I please “I need to be a good steward of God’s money”—Giving to the poor is a waste of resources “Is it the right thing to do?” Money doesn’t really help them anyway "It’s too much work to do it right"
