Moral versus Civic Duty. What duties do you follow?

Ask not what your country can do for you, rather ask what you can do for your fellow man. A friend said that "charity is a moral responsibility, not a civic duty." Wrong my friend. Charity is a moral duty although perhaps not a civic one.

The choice is, do we wish to do our moral duty or just our prescribed civic duty? The choice is clear. One's decision defines them.

The number of citizens without Health Insurance nor the means to pay for it in this country is less than 5% of the population. They include the many retired individuals such as myself that do not have nor can afford the premiums of independent insurance companies. They include the millions of people who have lost their jobs in the past year through no fault of their own. They include the millions of children whose parents lost their jobs.

Do we as Christians and Americans choose to let these fellow Americans and fellow Christians to fall victim to sickness and possible death because we refuse to charitably offer an alternative choice for those who cannot afford the premiums of the independent insurance companies? Do we refuse to help our fellow men and women who are tired of the independent insurance companies taking away their choice of doctor or treatment? Do the elderly have to suffer the denials of treatment and the "death panels" of the independent insurance companies because they have no other choice?

Again I must repeat to my friend and others following his train of thought:
The choice is clear. It is our moral duty to help them. One's decision defines them. Do we follow the teachings of Jesus or man? "In so much as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me." (Matthew 25:40) His word is clear.