Religious Coalition Tells The GOP That ‘The Budget Shouldn’t Be Balanced On the Backs Of The Poor’

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Religious Coalition Tells The GOP That ‘The Budget Shouldn’t Be Balanced On the Backs Of The Poor
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/01/gop-cuts-morally-wrong/


In an address at the National Association of Religious Broadcasters Sunday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) made a moral case for the deep cuts passed by House Republicans, saying, “(i)t is immoral to rob our children’s future and make them beholden to China.” But Sojourners, a progressive group of Christian leaders, looks at the GOP’s deep slashes to the budget in a different light and bought a full-page ad in Politico yesterday that asks legislators to consider, “what would Jesus cut?”

(full page ad pic at link)

The leader of Sojourners, Rev. Jim Wallis, notes that the GOP’s cuts would severely slash spending for the WIC program, which helps women and infants, Head Start and international aid programs, but would leave “military spending untouched“:

(snip)
They’re talking about cutting bed nets for malaria and leaving every piece of military spending untouched. Are we saying that every piece of military equipment is more important than bed nets, children’s health and nutrition for low-income families? If so they should be ashamed of themselves.

[Deep13]

1. Yeah, Republican assholes! nt

[PA Democrat]

2. As some religious leaders have said, "A budget is a moral document."

[blondeatlast]

3. Proud to say I'm a Sojourner! nt

[Dappleganger]

12. Same here.

This org actually walks the walk.

"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven."

[Deep13]

4. “what would Jesus cut?”

Prisons, war and tax breaks for the rich.

[RainDog]

5. It's good to see when Christians actually take the position of Jesus

rather than corporations.

[atreides1]

8. Only some Christians

But the media hardly ever interviews them...

[LanternWaste]

11. Some, many. Six of one, half a dozen of the other...

Some, many. Six of one, half a dozen of the other... I imagine it depends on our biases if we see the six or the half dozen.

[old mark]

6. K&R- I hope the "News" media picks this up, and maybe some religious people

spread this idea...It is about time someone spoke against this institutionalized cruelty, hatred and malice that has been the right wing's policy for so many years.

Thanks for posting.


mark

[blondeatlast]

7. They won't; Sojourners works quietly. You know, like Jesus did. nt

[old mark]

10. IIRC, Jesus got pretty exercised at the money changers in the Temple...

Pretty much let them have it...


mark

[blondeatlast]

13. True that. If only our guys in DC could take a hint from the good man... nt

[old mark]

14. But how would they live on what little we pay them? Just ask them.....nt

[AndyTiedye]

9. k/r

[Mnemosyne]

15. K&R n/t