text: "In that battle, the tradition of Catholic social teaching is unequivocally on the side of strong governmental and societal protections for the powerless, the worker, the homeless, the hungry, those without decent medical care, the unemployed,” McElroy said to rolling applause."
  
  The USA has freed more people and lifted more out of poverty than any other country. We have programs to aid poor, elderly, disabled. Outside that,  individual freedom and subsidiarity are the best way to a good society.