Posts Tagged: ancient Israel

The biblical tithe is really a capital gains tax, contrary to what Republicans say

… Even among Republicans, Ben Carson has been stirring up some controversy with his intent to model the U.S. tax code after the biblical tithe. His reasoning from his book,  “One Nation”: Carson: “No group of American citizens should be singled out for extra taxation and no group should be spared taxation on a federal… Read more »

Why Huckabee’s “Fair Tax” is so unfair (and un-Christian)

As Mike Huckabee ramps up his 2016 presidential campaign, we’re going to hear him speak quite a bit about abolishing the IRS, eliminating income tax, and implementing a consumption tax that he and others call, “The Fair Tax.” Instead of having income tax, we would have a hefty national sales tax. Those who wrote the… Read more »