The Tenth Commandment reads: Thou shalt not covet! Does that threaten libs/progressives?
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Moses lived about 3600 years ago, give or take 45 years. The Jews
believe they can find the actual day he received the Ten Commandments.
They reckon that this major historical event occurred 50 days after
Passover. They call it Shavuot. This year that falls on May
27th. That is the same day as Pentecost in the New Testament. Most
Christians accept Pentecost as the day the church became the church.
For the last 3600 years the Jews have held the Ten Commandments in
high regard. So have the Christians for the past 2000 years. At the
time of the founding of this country, the Founders based our rule of law
on the ultimate law given to Moses on that historic day. As a matter
of fact, this set of laws is in such high regard that Moses and the Ten
Commandments are frequently on display at many courthouses nationwide in
one form or another – up to and including The United States Supreme
Court.
The 10th Commandment in detail
The
Ten Commandments on display in St. Mary's Church, Childrey, England.
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall; CC BY-SA 2.0 Generic License
Many who study the Ten Commandments, whether they be Jew or Gentile, observe that they consist of a vertical plane, which deals with our relationship with God, and a horizontal plane,
which deals with our relationship with others. The 10th Commandment is
a prime example of a Commandment that deals with our relationship with
others. It reads:
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not
covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor
his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s. Exodus
20:17, NKJV
Since the word “covet” has disappeared from the modern vernacular, to
be clear, this Commandment specifically tells us that what your
neighbor has is his/her’s and you are not “entitled” to it. The 10th
Commandment actually is stronger and “Commands” that we shouldn’t even
so much as desire (or be jealous) of the possessions of another person.
On this special day of Shavuot, we would be wise to go back to our
roots of faith that teach us self-government, which is ultimately more
significant than national government. But, alas, many in government
manipulate the masses to ensure their power. And in 2012 they have
perverted this particular law of self-government. We call them politicians.
But they are perverters of the 10th Commandment when they preach in the
name of Social Justice. They certainly make it sound “Christianly”,
but it is a promotion of unrivaled greed that celebrates covetousness
beyond all measure. Those who promote Social Justice use words like fairness or level playing field or the current favorite, common good. But it is nothing more than the forcible taking of one man’s possessions to give to another.
Of course, charity is a virtue. But covetousness is not charity and
it is not a virtue. Charity is the voluntary giving to someone in need
that is prompted by compassion. Social Justice is the involuntary taking
of someone’s property and giving it to someone else. Even Robin Hood
would have recoiled in horror from such a perverted ideology. He robbed
from the rich to give money back to the poor whom the rich unjustifiably robbed.
To be fair, this confusion of the Christian principle of charity with
the concept of Social Justice lies on the shoulders of the clergy and
rabbis of this nation. They have let the perversion stand. We can
blame our power-crazed politicians for much of this, but the truth is
that they couldn’t manipulate the electorate with this concept if the
men and women of God understood and delivered the truth.
Read More: http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2012/05/27...
Now "subsidy" I define very strictly: a government check, other than a tax refund.
Show me the government checks.
as we both know subsidy is money given to the business so that business can increase or decrease production while making other wealthy, it is all economic and purely political. now, now do you have to put your own definition subsidy when the check is not made for you but it si made for the business that is giving the goods.
the only check that is given to the people is the welfare check nothing less and nothing more.
You want all market distortions to go away? Here's how: scrap the income tax and substitute the "Fair Tax." It levies a 23 percent tax on all things new, and gives everybody a payout in advance to cover the tax on a package of the bare essentials for a year.
Top income earners paid tax rates of 91 percent during the Eisenhower administration.
Remember the Eisenhower administration ? . . . When we had a strong economy? When we had very small budget deficits and even a surplus now and then?
Since the Reagan administration and the implementation of Reaganomics, the Rich have gotten much richer as the middle class got poorer.
And even though the poorest Americans don't pay any income tax, they still pay many other taxes at a rate much higher than Americas rich.
It's time to get back to sanity in government.
And the way to do that is vote out every Republican holding national office.
"Following World War II tax increases, top marginal individual tax rates stayed near or above 90% until 1964 when the top marginal tax rate was lowered to 70%."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I feel embarrassed for YOU.
Are you actually proud of being so misinformed and ignorant?
You Right Wingers sure know how to bloviate, but when it comes to backing up your outrageous claims with facts, you are extremely weak.
Do a quick self assessment . . . With one word, how would you assess you knowledge of history?
Here's a word that might be appropriate:
"Pathetic"
Eisenhower was far too practical, sane, intelligent, responsible and patriotic to make it in the GOP today . . . As dominated as it is by unthinking, nasty, venal, traitorous,anti-American and greedy Right Wing Nut Job slime.
The Republicans, on the other hand, who live by stealing the hard-earned wages of the working class liberals/progressives, would die off like parasites without a host if the 10th Commandment were followed.
You need to produce facts not crap.
The small business these business group represent are adamantly opposed to Obama policies especially his big government regulations. The small businesses are not going to invest and create jobs. Capital and jobs flee Marxism
The US Chamber of Commerce spent 45 million dollars to dump 63 Liberal into the Street during the 2010 elections.
Basically, there is a state of war between Obama and the people who create jobs.
There is a state of war betwewen Obama and the people who create jobs in China and jobs that pay $8.00 per hour. Before you say it, yes, China is business friendly. They provide their workers with health care so the employer doesn't have to. They allow manufacturers to pollute their air and water as much as they want. They allow manufacturers to used lead based paint on toys because it makes the colors so much brighter.
“Harry Alford, president and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, went off on President Obama’s anti-business philosophy on Friday in an interview with Laura Ingraham.
Alford called the administration “Marxist” and “fanatical” and said, “They might as well put on the brown shirts and swastikas.”
http://www.ihatethemedia.com/...
Every business group in America is fighting that Marxist in the white house. He won't create any meaningful number of jobs. Capital and jobs flee Marxism. Small business owners are sitting on their hands and Corporations are creating three times the amount of jobs overseas then they do in the US, mostly caused by Obama's policies.