Re: another reason to cut social spending -- more church influence

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Crowd[ing]-out [of faith-based spending]
 was small as a share of total New Deal spending (3%), but large
 as a share of church spending: our estimates suggest that church
 spending fell by 30% in response to the New Deal, and that
 government relief spending can explain virtually all of the
 decline in charitable church activity observed between 1933 and
 1939.<

how do they deal with the fact that many if not most churches were
under severe financial pressure due to the Great Depression's impact
on their members?
JD