November 18, 2005

Moral values indeed

During a coffee run this morning, SOF and I heard this story on the budget bill. We have cut taxes on the rich and cut programs for the poor. Evidently, just as Jesus would have done. NPR reports that conservatives are still pushing for more tax cuts. Meanwhile Republicans,feigning fiscal responsibility, have made it harder for people to afford college, participate in foster care, or get access to food stamps and school lunches.

"Name just one religion in the world that preaches the value of asking the most of those who have the least and asking nothing of those who have the most," said Chet Edwards, D-Texas. "Sadly, that is what this budget does."


Exactly. This bill shows where American priorities are right now. Nevermind the man behind the curtain. Nevermind the VP's charges that liberals are unamerican. Nevermind that this Republican House, Senate and White House have created this massive deficit. Now it is time for the least of these to carry the burden, and for the Martha Stewart's and Halliburton executives to get more and more.

WWJD? Evidently, this Jesus would have never fed the 5,000--he would have excoriated them for not working hard enough. His Sermon on the Mount would have exemplified the rich and how much they do for our society.

To say the least, this is not a Jesus I recognize.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Streak and I were discouraged when we heard about the bill's passage in the House. However, on a good note, the bill's sponsors were forced to pull some things from the original version.

From the Washington Post
Republicans salvaged the win this time only by jettisoning one of President Bush's top domestic priorities, opening Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, then trimming planned cuts to food stamps, Medicaid and student lunch programs. Those changes pared back the measure's savings by more than $4 billion, and moderate Republicans say they expect the final version will be cut back further in negotiations with the Senate.


Perhaps it's not as dire as we thought. Thank goodness for moderate republicans and I really mean it.

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately we were two moderates away from scrapping the whole bill. I was sick to my stomach reading all of the programs for which spending was being cut while tax cuts were being extended. Now I'm no fan of taxes, but come on, where are the priorities? Chet Edwards' comment said it best. How Bush can claim to be Christian and support this horrific bill is beyond me.