Questions for Jim Wallis continued

In 1997, Jim Wallis warned of a "hurricane": a looming reduction of Federal welfare money. The sky was about to fall. Of course, it didn't. Poor people are resourceful, contrary to welfare State liberals. They adjusted. Welfare State liberals have yet to adjust.... keep reading

Jim Wallis, like all Social Gospel welfare statists, confuses the State with society. He calls on the State to improve society by taking money from the rich and give it to the poor (minus 50% for handling).... keep reading

Jim Wallis lives in a fantasy world. He actually believes that American evangelicals are showing moral leadership in the fight against global poverty, HIV/AIDS, human trafficking, and sustainability of God's earth. Has he ever watched Trinity Broadcasting Network?... keep reading

Basic to Jim Wallis's positional marketing strategy is to identify himself as a peace-loving man who is opposed to war. But his commitment to economic coercion always trumps his position as a peace activist. The man is committed to organized violence.... keep reading

Why is it moral to allow the government to spend a trillion dollars on defense, when a "moral" postwar budget lets the same government buy votes with the money from then on?... keep reading

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

Jim Wallis is all a-dither over the vote of the House of Representatives, 217-215, on November 18 to pass a bill that (on paper) would reduce welfare payments. The cuts are mostly symbolic, says Congressman Ron Paul. But Wallis hates the symbol.... keep reading

This week, there may be a vote in Congress to cut welfare spending. This prospect has sent Jim Wallis into high, high dudgeon. He is now on a moral crusade. Again. There will be lots more to come. Stay tuned.... keep reading

Jim Wallis has drawn a line in the sand. Congress had better respond. But what if it doesn't (and it won't)? The Social Gospel has not had supporters in Congress for at least a generation. Why will the latest line in the sand change anything?... keep reading

Jim Wallis has used Katrina as an excuse to send out a form letter to every member of Congress. He wants the government to pay more welfare money to the poor. This is part of a much-needed government-funded program of religious transformation, he says.... keep reading

Jim Wallis has obviously never heard of Pareto's 20/80 law. This is why he keeps fighting against tax cuts for the top 20% of income earners. But they pay 80% of American income taxes.... keep reading