Pope Francis, Really?

Up until now I had kind of liked this new Pope, Pope Francis, but after reading (parts) of his latest missive, (some 50,000 words) I'm surprised at his attack on free enterprise. He seems especially aggressive against the US, wealthy people, and trickle-down economics. He points out that:

"Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories, which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world.
This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naive trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power . . . Meanwhile, the excluded are still waiting."

I guess the Pope isn't aware of our country's more than two hundred years of prosperity under a free-enterprise system. Further, we are the envy of other nations for our prosperity- where even those living at a "poverty level" in the US would be considered "wealthy" in many nations across our globe. To Pope Francis I say it seems the facts do confirm the opinion.
Further, it needs to be observed, that during the past term and a half under Obama, as he claims to try to "even the wealth out" (another word for Socialism) the wealthy have rebounded and the middle class and poor still struggle. We saw the same disparity in socialistic and communistic societies throughout history and the world. Only in an unfettered free enterprise system do we see opportunity for everyone to get ahead, to succeed... Socialism demands big government and big government creates dependence on it from its people. Dependence on government strips the individual of the incentive, the right to succeed in a free market. Dependence creates social entropy, inefficiency.

Pope Francis also attached the "sin" stigma to wealth. He claimed that free-enterprise was "unjust at its root", leaving the poorest with no means of support, which "is a grave sin". He wrote:

 "Just as the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say 'thou shalt not' to an economy of exclusion and inequality. Such an economy kills."
I caution you Pope Francis, to be careful defining sin, for though you lead the Catholic church you are still but a man, and it is God who defines sin, not us. I remind you Sir, as you attack the "idolatry of money" as you call it, that scripture does not say money, or having money is wrong. It says, "The love of money is the root of all evil". Money itself is a tool to aid us in our lives. To say that we need to redistribute the wealth is, in essence, to take from the wealthy that which they earned to give to others who may not have applied themselves as vigorously in their attempts to earn money. Coveting and stealing are sin, (as God defined in the Ten Commandments), and taking from the "rich" to give to the poor is nothing more than Government sanctioned stealing because you covet what they have. Far better to ask those who have to help those who have not- in allowing individuals and the church to help those in need is far more efficient that having the Government do it, where we've already seen their inability and inefficiency to monitor and get help to those who really need it. With the government in control we see vast and repeated abuses of the system. History confirms this as fact, not opinion. History stands as judge of how free enterprise and small government create wealth for all classes- and it's called trickle down economics Sir. Our past prosperity speaks for itself.
Food for thought...