Exodus 23:7
“Do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.”
Monthly Archives: October 2017
Tax Policy Center, September 29, 2017
In the current tax cut proposal, 52% of families making $50k-$250k will see their taxes INCREASE immediately. The plan would deliver an average tax CUT of $700,000 to the nation’s 175,000 richest families.
“One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.”
Congress, Oct 19, 2017
Congress passes a budget resolution that takes $473 billion out of Medicare and about $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next decade.
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ”
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, September 2017
ICE arrested more than 28,000 “NON-CRIMINAL immigration violators” between Jan. 22 and Sept. 2, a nearly threefold increase over the same period in 2016.
“Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the FOREIGNER or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.”
White House, September 2017
“The U.S. will accept no more than 45,000 refugees in the year starting Oct. 1, reducing the limit by more than half from the previous year [and is] the lowest since [the] legislation was passed in 1980.”
“Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.”
Senator Jeff Flake, R-AZ, October 24, 2017
“Leadership does not knowingly encourage or feed ugly or debased appetites in us.”
“Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them. You may be sure that such people are warped and sinful; they are self-condemned.’”
Senator Jeff Flake, R-AZ, October 24, 2017
“We must never meekly accept the daily sundering of our country.”
“For such people [who cause divisions] are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.’”
Senator Bob Corker, (R-TN), October 24, 2017
“Unfortunately I think world leaders are very aware that much of what [Donald Trump] says is untrue.”
“The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.”
Donald Trump, October 23, 2017
“When somebody says something about me, I am able to go ‘bing, bing, bing’ [on Twitter] and I take care of it.”
“Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.”
Donald Trump, June 16, 2015
“I will build a great, great wall on our southern border.”
“‘LOVE your neighbor as yourself.’”