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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

The Government Gospel of Greed

Monday November 5th, 2012   •   Posted by Lloyd Billingsley
As this column shows, government waste, fraud and abuse is rampant at all levels. Seldom, however, has any politician attempted to give divine sanction to government greed in the style of California Governor Jerry Brown, who once wanted a California space program and recently signed off on a $68 billion railroad train. The former presidential candidate has been campaigning for his Proposition 30 tax increase, and says that support for it is a Christian act.
“It’s like tithing,” Brown told the congregation of a Los Angeles church on November 4. “You’ve got to pay. And it’s not about me, it’s about us, it’s about we, it’s about us together.” He also quoted the Bible, the Gospel According to Luke 12:48: “To whom much is given much shall be required.” Here is the Rev. Brown’s interpretation. “We are asking those who have (been) paid the most money, those who’ve been most blessed, to give a little back in our time of need.”   To Read More…..

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