Spreading the Wealth

[sleigh]

Sarah Palin spoke in Cincinnati yesterday. She's dropped Ayers-the-terrorist from her stump attack against Obama, and has added in Joe-the-plumber with the 'horrifying' tag that Obama wants to "spread your wealth around" -- recited to a chorus of boos from the white-bread audience. This obviously plays well to the Republican base.

Which makes me wonder. The Republican base is largely conservative Christians, who are reputed to follow Jesus' example and teachings. Now, I don't have a dog in this theological fight; in fact, I don't think there's a dog at all. But...

Certainly Jesus wasn't against taxation ("Render unto Caesar" and all that). So given the two tax plans put forward by the candidates, I wonder which one Jesus would prefer: a tax plan that gives the largest tax decreases to the wealthiest people (McCain's plan); or the one that would give the largest tax decreases to the poorest people while asking the wealthy to shoulder more of the tax burden (Obama's plan)?

Comments

[mizzlaurajean.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about this how so many repugs are christian. I feel they may have completely missed all the important messages of Jesus.
I'm pretty sure he wanted us to share, not let people go hungry, be homeless, be persecuted, or go without the medical care they need etc.
I'm pretty sure he was against people be so rich others go without.

[carolf.livejournal.com]

Actually, I suspect Jesus would not have an opinion one way or the other about taxes. In fact, I think he stated several times that he was not concerned with government, nor was His Father. ("My Father's kingdom is not of this world.")

Of course, this, then, begs the question: Since Jesus was adamantly against mixing Church and State ...