… [The following excerpt is from my book, “Rescuing Religion from Republican Reason.”] (I’ll admit that this is more of a budget lie than a tax lie, but it’s what follows next in the taxation chapter of the book, so I included it here.) The Republicans love to accuse Democrats of engaging in out-of-control spending…. Read more »
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The Biblical Case for Progressive Taxation
… [The following excerpt is from my book, “Rescuing Religion from Republican Reason.”] Does a Secular Government Have the Right to force Wealth Redistribution? Since we Christians tend to bury our heads in the New Testament and neglect the Old Testament, we ignore God’s design for the nation of Israel and build our entire… Read more »
Why No Christian Should Oppose Wealth Redistribution through Taxation
… [The following excerpt is from my book, “Rescuing Religion from Republican Reason.”] “An income tax is the most degrading and totalitarian of all possible taxes. Its implementation wrongly suggests that the government owns the lives and labor of the citizens it is supposed to represent. Tellingly, ‘a heavy progressive or graduated income tax’ is… Read more »
