You know they're going to burn in Hell, page 1

Originally posted by Colonel
Who would Jesus tax?

Alabama voters will face that kind of issue on Sept. 9 — an explosive proposal to reform America's most regressive tax system, long skewed to protect affluent individuals and the state's "Big Mules" — powerful timber and farm interests.

There's no other state where a family of three or four pays tax on income of as little as $4,600 a year. Last year the lowest-earning one-fifth of Alabama taxpayers paid 10.3 percent of their incomes in state and local levies. But the richest 1 percent paid just 3.7 percent.

Enter Alabama's Republican Gov. Bob Riley, a staunchly conservative former congressman of the Newt Gingrich school who hosts Bible classes at the state Capitol in Montgomery. Confronted with a $675 million budget deficit, Riley revolted.

But Riley went a lot further than suggesting tax hikes to cover the deficit....But in the process Riley proposed giving the poor a huge break — no income taxes at all below $20,000 in income.

"I've spent a lot of time reading the New Testament," said Riley, "and it has three philosophies: Love God, love each other, and take care of the least among you. It is immoral to charge somebody making $5,000 a year an income tax."

But a number of independent Christian congregations — not to mention the Alabama chapter of the American Christian Coalition — are against the measure. Anti-tax groups are bitterly opposed. In a topsy-turvy political landscape, the state's REPUBLICAN Party is opposed, while the Democratic Party is in favor.

If Riley loses, on the other hand, we'll have pretty convincing proof that for all the moral high ground Christians claim, in a showdown they open themselves to criticism that they hate taxes more than they love Jesus.

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Its just blasphemous how these filthy degenerate republicans carry on. You just know they're going to Hell. The demons are waiting for them. Can you believe this? These animals want the the majority of the tax burden to fall on the poor and destitute. Ya know, Jesus himself could show up and back this resolution and they would still be against it and tell him to get his "liberal" self outta town

That's how evil they are....

and that's why Hell is waiting for them.

Having lived in Alabama for the last 15 years or so, I can attest to this. I finally had to get the hell out of that corrupt, christian, hypocrite hell hole. I now hold a healthy fear of those people. The majority of them are still living in the confederation time space continuum. Old money, good old boy networking, racism....it's all alive and well in Alabama. But it's ok, because they all love Jesus.