How to pay our debts? Tax the rich ofcourse.We have a society of homeless and families who are poor and millionaires who don't care about the poor!

@hippyjoe1955 asks [quote]Where do you get the idea that Jesus wants you to feed the poor?[/quote]
Jesus [b]specifically[/b] says to feed the hungry. Have you [b]never[/b] read the Bible??

Matthew 25:35-40 KJV
[quote] [i] For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. [/i] [/quote]

@hippyjoe1955 the least of these my brethren, dude. How can you not know that part of the Bible??

[quote] where Jesus told us to feed the poor by government fiat. [/quote]
Government is a tool. The Bible doesn't specify which tools can or can't be used. There's no scriptural basis for your refusal to allow governments to help the hungry, the poor, the sick, etc. No scriptural basis whatsoever.

Why is it important to say as a Christian?

We want the plethora of jobs that the wealthy create. We want the benefits and income, the pride and self worth those jobs provide. We want low taxes and limited regulation so entrepreneurs and the wealthy can create even more jobs. I for one do not want forced charity (welfare programs) nor do I want to pay for services I may or may not receive from the government (taxes). God's got nothing to do with any of it😊

The work of the Labour movement today is to apply those principles of Christ’s teaching to modern industrial and economic problems so as to bring about the time when there shall be no poverty, either of body, mind, or spirit, but in a land, in a world so beautiful, so richly endowed, that there shall be abundance for all.”[1]
Keir Hardie (1910)

Well meaning but I wouldn't mingle your faith with politics as there are Christian right wingers who are Christ's disciples too.

I agree with you politically and I would love you to pay more so people like myself could pay less but it's not a be all or end all of your faith.

Then pay more. Leave us alone

The rich are already paying most of the taxes. How much more theft is biblically consistent? Even your Bible only asked for 10%.

Ah yes because the government is so efficient with our tax money they will absolutely solve homelessness by taxing us more.

Here’s an idea donate to charities that help those in need

Capitalism leads us here. Neither party can side with the population and protect it from the richest people

So whenever Americans want, they certainly can address the wealth distribution problem. But they're not on the side of the population at present. They're on the elite, ecocidal oligarchy side.

By spending less than what we bring in, we all have to deal with a budget. Somehow people think the government can just make more money, it doesn’t or actually it should not work that way.

We need to raise the debt ceiling because we have already spent more than the budget that we had.
I learned a long time ago , I can spend what I earn ( and more if I don’t watch it) a whole lot easier than trying to make what I can spend.
This is just my opinion not that anyone wants to hear it.

Notice not once did I say Democrats or Republicans. We the people.

The government is the least effective way of helping the poor. Give your extra money to local missions and food banks that are more effective. Also donate time if you are able

Nothing stopping you from mailing the irs a check....

The rich, elitists own the government and whether you like them or not, they do pay a share of taxes that others DON’T nor could they ever pay, and even the low life Eric Adams mayor of NYC had to acknowledge that much to his chagrin.
In this world, life, call it what you will, money talks and bullshit walks!

{@carazaa] i quiet agree it is time the rich started to help the less well off and the less fortunate . with successive right wing governments the have done well with tax breaks

here is one small solution
make all income taxed the same
capitol gains taxes are not the same as what a job gets you

I don’t mind paying my fair share, what gets me is people making way more than 400,000 paying way less than I pay.

So growing the economy so the poor can earn a better rate of pay is out of the question?

Actually, all that is needed is to stop giving tremendous tax breaks to the superrich.

I am gladdened to hear that 🙂 Unfortunately I think you are in the minority 💖

I wouldn't mind being taxed a little more either, if it didn't [i]all[/i] go through the government

Spot on,sadly.....😪

No way Murkan people can nationalize any industry. No funding for you. Nee ner nee ner! You ain't socialist.

That argument is older than the hills and about as successful as a wet paper bag.

The Nice People Who Are Destroying America
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/05/the_nice_people_who_are_destroying_america.html

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I do find it interesting that rich guys like Jeff Bezos keep managing to pay ZERO income tax. The whole reason a family of four could exist on the income of one family member in the fifties was that the richest Americans were subject to something like 80% income tax. But I get called a Marxist for suggesting a return to that system. That's how good a job the rich have done of indoctrinating their worshipers.