Posted on 01/18/2020 3:25:45 AM PST by Kaslin
Matthew 19:24-26 ends with:
...” “Then who can be saved?” And looking upon them Jesus said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Perhaps a person who lives a life without sin - a task that would be much harder for the rich - may not need New Testament salvation to enter heaven, hence the camel through needle eye parable you referred to, albeit misquoted.
Perhaps no such person exists, regardless.
Hence, the last part of that scripture, above, is, IMHO, the more important one.
The point is we should not covet any of those qualities nor should we seek any form of extraction from those who have more from us in any of those cases.
But for some reason, what would be an outrageous question and or act of extraction for any other lawfully achieved or inherited attribute gets a complete pass when it comes to the attribute of wealth.
1. We should put all pension systems, including Social Security and all the retirement systems for government employees, on a fully funded, investment account basis. This would bring all Americans into the investor class. It would lead to real wealth accumulation for working class families, which would tend to compound over the generations. It would solve the problem of the massive unfunded liabilities that make our current unfunded systems unsustainable.
2. We could voucher the schools to allow lower income families to opt out of dysfunctional public school systems in which real education is sacrificed to extraneous political objectives and union interests.
3. We could acknowledge and attempt to address the problem of illegitimacy which underlies intergenerational poverty. Government can't simply snap its fingers and change mating behavior, but as it stands today, popular culture and government policy are systematically de-stigmatizing, legitimating, and subsidizing single parenthood. That sabotages the poor.
4. We could control the borders and stop importing 1-2 million poor people a year, who require benefits themselves while simultaneously depressing wages and increasing unemployment among our own lower classes.
5. We could focus systematically on reducing taxes and regulations that inhibit small business formation in troubled urban areas.
There are five concrete proposals right there. Our current crop of Democrats may howl all they like about income inequality and wealth differentials, but they are on the wrong side of every one of these issues. Their policies systematically sabotage America's lower classes, and their only proposed remedy is downward levelling targeted against the affluent, with a privileged carveout, of course, for government employees.
It would be an interesting moment in the Democratic presidential debates if one of the questioners addressed this set of contradictions. But I am not going to hold my breath.
I’m all for taking soros’ money and giving to to FReepers.
Income inequality exists because workers are not equal. Further, those that do not work never get rich and their income will always be unequal.
There are many reasons for the inequality of people but the main reason is that some people are inherently inferior in the qualities that are income related.
Many Americans have the freedom to overcome the inequality but are inherently too lazy to make the effort to improve themselves. They will never be rich
... I’m all for taking soros’ money and giving to to FReepers.
Coveting much?
Thanks - I like his writing but never came across that one.
The disciples were amazed, and asked if the wealthy could not be saved, who could?
Jesus replied, “With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.” (Matt. 19:25–26; italics added.)
In the United States, even the poor are wealthy compared to the rest of the world.
All men are sinners, all men need salvation.
If our “financial instruments” remain available to all in our country, there will always be wealth disparity. What that actually means and how static the members of either side are, makes all the difference.
I am really beginning to believe that the tyrannical /maniacal/unconstitutional actions put in place and trying to be put into place, will result in a feudal type society and government.
The LEFT are like guys in tennis who win in doubles and after they win, they suggest we mix up the teams, you know, to make them more “equal.” If I’m on the losing team, I am offended by that and it motivates me more to beat em.
We used to teach kids to look at the rich as a motivation to study harder, work harder, and the sky’s the limit. Now the LEFT’s message is to change things so as to be more equal. Fools........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_and_the_rich_young_man
... Hence, the last part of that scripture, above, is, IMHO, the more important one
Oh I quite agree
What the rich man failed in was “The Second Great Command”
And by extension the First Great Command
Yes, you can: the Red Chinese are doing it right now.
Outstanding comments, sphinx.
The illogic of the left in attacking the accumulated wealth of millionaires and billionaires lies in their apparent belief that the wealthy keep their treasure in vaults in their homes and castles. Being a one-dimensional, reactionary philosophy, socialism cannot recognize the net gain of money being churned through the whole of society via banks and investment houses that hold those monies.
——wealth differentials——
Aahhh...... you attack the propaganda with the use of accurate and nonprejudicial language
The wealth differential is a function of the intellectual differential
In America, I feel there’s no such thing as “TOO wealthy” — as long as the wealth was earned honestly. It’s the American Dream for some people. (Different people have different dreams.)
When is my business your business?
Well, djf, you would likely not be alone in your plan. Others with great wealth do much the same thing, I’d say. Otherwise, we would all be able to name many more of them than we currently can.
But, the great fact is that your ‘money’ would still be working in society, unless you were to keep it all in your mattresses, closets and basements.
The socialists can’t seem to grasp this concept...
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