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Cardinal Pell slams proposed tax on children
Feb 1, 2008
(CNA)- Obstetrician and associate professor of medicine Barry NJ Walters of the Australian Medical Association said recently he intends to propose a $5000 "baby levy" for every family having more than two children, followed by an annual carbon tax of up to $800 a child.
According to The Record, the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, criticized the proposal this week and said such an opinion should be �a wake-up call� to everyone and �is an example of the profound aberration of modern society with regards to the place and value of the human person in the world.�
The cardinal added, �I�m not sure how rare it is that an obstetrician expresses an opinion like this or that a specialized, influential magazine makes such an opinion public.� Such a point of view, he went on, shows �where the neo-pagan and anti-human mentality of a minority wishes to lead us.�
According to the website kath.net, in Seoul in mid-January Cardinal Pell said, �The concern for the physical ecology is not always accompanied by an equal concern for the moral ecology of our society.�
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