Circles of Justice

In his speech, Obama states poverty as a moral issue and that as a nation, we cannot sit idly by. He focuses on good jobs with good wages, healthcare, retirement, and education. All of these follow the Church's teaching on justice and charity. We should provide education for the poor to help end the cycle of poverty. He also plans to help pay down the debt in a balanced way, saying that we cannot move forward on the backs of the poor. Obama's speech contains a lot of the Church's teaching; however, he does not give a method of how he will balance cutting government programs and still aiding the poor.
In Romney's speech he focuses more on the economy. He describes his 5 part plan to give more jobs and more opportunities. He hopes to see fewer people on well-fare. He also plans to work face to face with programs and not stand in their way. Romney possesses many great ideas that coincide with Church's teachings on justice and charity; however, he focuses on government programs which could be viewed as charity, rather than justice.