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Leaving aside the sheer ridiculousness, Mayor Pete should brush up on his Bible studies, and on his economics, before running for POTUS. In the first place, Judeo-Christian thought generally references charitable behavior as being voluntary--from the heart. Legislative mandates is not what God is looking for (disclosure: I am neither Jewish nor Christian, but I have read the Bible.)
Secondly, the fiat minimum wage, as currently implemented in the US, is chicanery that overall hurts those it is supposed to help, namely low-wage workers. When I took econ 101 many years ago, our text was Paul Samuelson, generally considered a liberal. He had a simple supply-demand graph and a few lines of algebra showing how this is the case. You can find similar on YouTube.
There are honest ways of implementing a minimum wage such that low-wage workers would actually be helped, but politicians shy away from them because they're expensive. The fiat minimum wage is basically free of cost--but also free of efficacy.
The fiat minimum wage is political chicanery, a type of 'dishonest scales.' IMO The Lord does not approve.
One of my pet peeves is someone quote just one verse with out the ones above or the blow it. The whole chapter of Proverbs 14 talks about life and death. It's quite interesting.
Scripture definitely supports wealthy people going to hell. Big time. In fact, I'd say that's one of the main issues that Big J was into.
well sort of. jesus said it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven. basically he was saying that you cant buy your way into heaven with material things and money. you have to get in through the grace of god.
4 Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: 5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord. 6 I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.’” 2 Kings 20:4-6
I'll be darned, there it is, plain as day. God has clearly commanded that the minimum wage must be increased to $15 per hour.
One of my pet peeves is someone quote just one verse with out the ones above or the blow it. The whole chapter of Proverbs 14 talks about life and death. It's quite interesting.
Do you say the same thing about evangelicals who use scripture quotes without context to defend their stances too. I don't like Mayor Pete, but he is right for going after the hypocrisy of the right wing evangelicals.
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