Questions for Jim Wallis continued

Jim Wallis has an answer for poverty: "Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote." But he is terribly frustrated. He can't get a majority to confiscate even more wealth from the rest of us.... keep reading

Jim Wallis worries that the Republicans may pass a law revoking the death tax, which steals a man's inheritance from his children. He invokes the prophets of Old Covenant Israel to support the death tax. But he cites no verse. Where is that verse?... keep reading

Jim Wallis insists that the Bible does not provide an economic blueprint. This is the universal refrain of all Social Gospel advicates. That is because there is a biblical blueprint, and it favors private property and limited civil government.... keep reading

Jim Wallis begged his readers for weeks to show up in Washington on December 14, 2005, to protest the House's proposed spending cuts of tens of billions of dollars a year -- a mostly symbolic show, since the Senate version retains most of the spending. This money is confiscated from taxpayers and spent to buy votes from the special-interest voting blocs (mostly Democrats) that Wallis supports. But hardly anyone showed up. This means.... keep reading

For a political activist to draw a "line in the sand," as Jim Wallis did on October 6, 2005, he needs a fall-back position when the opposition politicians ignore it.... keep reading

Jim Wallis keeps talking about "the religious community." Yet he and Sojourners are unknown to America's evangelicals. This voting bloc is the core of the Republican Party, which is pursuing budget cuts on welfare. Could it be that Mr. Wallis is invoking a non-existent voting bloc?... keep reading