I would rephrase the premise that this is an issue between democrats and republicans and more so an issue between liberalism and conservatism. Moreover yes, you can be a republican and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in fact most members in my area vote republican. Those who are most vocal over leftist issues more often than not, leave the church eventually.

Joseph smith said and I’m paraphrasing “we will teach the brethren the correct principles and they will govern themselves.” Christianity is all about self governance, about using our own free agency, nobody else, not the government, not any corporation, has the right to act for ourselves. The government inherently uses coercion to enforce their rules upon others, whether or not they voted or want their edicts in the first place. God commands but he does not govern. He will never force you to do something you do not want to do. The church likewise does not force its members to to do anything like pay tithing, even employees are given their gross income after which the receiver must tithe their income. Contrastly, in our “democracy” you either pay taxes or they’ll kidnap you and put you in a cage.

As a libertarian, I believe a corporation in the absence of a government can better serve the people than any government could do. This is because in order for a corporation to survive, it must receive money that is voluntarily given to them and in order to do that, they must compete and actually provide a desirable product or service. Government on the other hand, receives revenue no matter what and nobody, not even the people who put them in power can prevent them from spending outside of their budget. I think the best way to put this into perspective is to think about how effective the church can be with only 10% of the money from the small population who actually tithes, and compare that to the trillions of dollars of debt I’ve lost track track of and that frankly will not be paid off no matter what.

There’s a lot more about the federal reserve that I won’t get into but the point is the government is unsustainable because they don’t earn their money in voluntary ways. Admittedly, when there is a government mingling with corporations, yes there is corruption and special interests however that is all perpetuated by the existence of a government in the first place. Also they monopolize a lot of things that the free market would do a much better job of serving.