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Do You Think Obama's Aunt, an Illegal Alien Living on Welfare, Is Correct About Christianity and the Welfare State? If Not, Why Not?
Gary North

Obama's aunt is an illegal immigrant who collects welfare. She says that this is her right. Do you agree?... keep reading

Why Did You Call Marvin Olasky a Liar for Having Said Sojourners Took George Soros's Money, When in Fact It Took $200,000?
Gary North

Jim Wallis called Olasky a liar in an interview. Olasky went to the IRS files and found the $200,000 donation.... keep reading

Why Do You Equate Biblical Social Justice With the Welfare State Coercion?
Gary North

In Jim Wallis' critique of Glenn Beck's recommendation that Christians resign from congregations whose pastors preach the welfare state in the name of Christianity, he ignores this question.... keep reading

Why Is It God's Way to Allow the Government Control Over Health Care -- Life or Death -- by Taxing and Rationing?
Gary North

Here is Sojourners' proposed letter to be sent to Congressmen to get them to vote for Obama's health insurance bill.... keep reading

What Is the Common Ground Between Murdered Babies and Live Babies?
Gary North

When two things cannot both exist at the same time, we must choose.... keep reading

Why Is It Kingdom Work to Get Congress to Take Money from Other Groups and Give It to Your Group?
Gary North

There was a rally of pressure groups for wealth redistribution in Washington, D.C. in the first week of May. Jim Wallis was there.... keep reading

How Do You Determine What Is a Person's Fair Share of Taxes, Other Than by the Ballot Box and a Gun?
Gary North

Protestant evangelical Jim Wallis, the Social Gospel's #1 advocate today, says it's only fair that the rich should pay more -- as if they haven't since 1914. He is now advising Obama.... keep reading

Isn't It Risky to Become a Cheerleader for a New President Based on His First Major Speech?
Gary North

Aren't you making the same mistake that Reaganites made with Reagan in 1981? What if the same problems remain in 2012, the national debt rises by 50%, and double-digit price inflation returns?... keep reading

Why Is an Additional $787 Billion Federal Government Deficit the Christian Way of Helping the Poor?
Gary North

It comes as no surprise that Jim Wallis favors the proposed $787 billion economic stimulus law. It also comes as no surprise that he does not approve of the tax cuts in the bill.... keep reading

Why Are You, Rather Than James Dobson or Jerry Falwell, the Most Representative Spokesman for "The Religious Community"?
Gary North

Jim Wallis speaks of the "Religious Community" -- capitalized -- but he never defines it. There is a reason for this: What he calls "The Religious Community" is not the enormous group that is represented by Dobson and Falwell. It is a tiny Left-wing political action group.... keep reading

Why Is It Immoral for the Government to Cut Taxes for the Rich When the Rich Pay Most of the Taxes?
Gary North

Jim Wallis promotes the myth that tax cuts for the rich are unfair to the poor. The fact is, the poor pay almost no taxes. Cutting taxes for the rich does not hurt the poor.... keep reading

Why Is the Social Security Tax (FICA) a Biblical Requirement, When the Bible Speaks of Taking Care of Our Own Parents?
Gary North

Jim Wallis takes the commandment regarding taking care of our parents and turns it into a moral justification for taxing strangers to take care of our parents. Paul even forbids the church to care for widows who have relatives to pay for them. The State has no legitimate role here.... keep reading

Why Do You Invoke the Jubilee Year Law, When That Law Rested on Israel's Genocide of Canaan?
Gary North

Of all Mosaic economic laws for a liberal not to invoke, it is the Jubilee law. Not only did it rest judicially on genocide, it authorized inter-generational slavery. It was annulled by Jesus. Yet the evangelical Social Gospel crowd always invokes the Jubilee Year to defend wealth-redistribution.... keep reading

Why Do You Keep Hoping that Federal Money Won't Undermine the Independence of Every Private Agency That Takes It?
Gary North

There is no more reliable slogan than this one: "He who pays the piper calls the tune." Welfare State liberals have never believed this. They always believe that their constituents can take taxpayers' money and not be called to dance to the government's tune.... keep reading

Why Don't You Trust the Poor and Private Charities to Provide an Escape Hatch from Poverty Without Government Money?
Gary North

Welfare State liberals do not trust the poor to find solutions on their own without the helping hand of a government bureaucrat, preferably Federal. They define "family" as "a parent, a child, and a government bureaucrat."... keep reading

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