
From the Washington Post:
4. Warren asked: Define rich. I mean, give me a number. Is it $50,000, $100,000, $200,000? Everybody keeps talking about, 'Well, we're going to tax the rich.' How do you define that?"Give me a number? An odd question for anyone other than a tax attorney to ask. Are we talking $50,000 in Southern California or Southern Sudan? Rich for people who spend hundreds of millions running for public office or rich for people who work three jobs and can't afford health insurance?
A better question: Jesus never said anything about abortion or homosexuality, but he said plenty about wealth and poverty. As a Christian, define the difference between need and greed. How much is enough?
I still think a church is no place for a campaign event, and a clergy person has no business posing as political moderator. But if the church is going to insert itself into the electoral process, it should do so as the church and not as a political action committee.
And that's why our culture sucks. Because Christians have bought the lie that we have no right to influence how our government is run.
The dairy industry, retired people, unions, illegal aliens - they all have a say in politics and the values to which this country should adhere. But the Christians? The group whose values ARE THE REASON WE HAVE A COUNTRY? Please sit down and refrain from - what's the term? Oh yeah - "forcing your beliefs on others".
Posted by: Hoover at August 21, 2008 05:26 PM