Thursday, February 2, 2012

Obama: Jesus and Taxing the Rich

Obama is shameless.

At the National Prayer Breakfast this morning, the most radical pro-abortion president we've ever had, Obama, said that Jesus' teachings support his "tax the rich" policy.

Obama talks about the "most vulnerable among us," without blinking an eye about his fervent support of policies that permit the slaughter of roughly a million innocent lives in the U.S. every year.

Video.




Transcript

OBAMA: And so when I talk about our financial institutions playing by the same rules as folks on Main Street, when I talk about making sure insurance companies aren’t discriminating against those who are already sick, or making sure that unscrupulous lenders aren’t taking advantage of the most vulnerable among us, I do so because I genuinely believe it will make the economy stronger for everybody. But I also do it because I know that far too many neighbors in our country have been hurt and treated unfairly over the last few years, and I believe in God’s command to “love thy neighbor as thyself.” I know the version of that Golden Rule is found in every major religion and every set of beliefs -– from Hinduism to Islam to Judaism to the writings of Plato.

And when I talk about shared responsibility, it’s because I genuinely believe that in a time when many folks are struggling, at a time when we have enormous deficits, it’s hard for me to ask seniors on a fixed income, or young people with student loans, or middle-class families who can barely pay the bills to shoulder the burden alone. And I think to myself, if I’m willing to give something up as somebody who’s been extraordinarily blessed, and give up some of the tax breaks that I enjoy, I actually think that’s going to make economic sense.

But for me as a Christian, it also coincides with Jesus’s teaching that “for unto whom much is given, much shall be required.”

Jesus wasn't talking about taxes and class warfare.

Good grief.

Bottom line: Obama is a Christian when it's convenient.

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