tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post3986286644313127484..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: Is It Immoral to Cut the Budget?Scott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-34894863130502216102011-04-08T10:28:49.553-07:002011-04-08T10:28:49.553-07:00Benjamin...on this you are right on!! (Except mil...Benjamin...on this you are right on!! (Except military cuts...that is an enumerated power of the federal govt)Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04068805988034886750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-28374735964836514212011-04-08T10:27:40.229-07:002011-04-08T10:27:40.229-07:00First, Jesus came to seek and save that which is l...First, Jesus came to seek and save that which is lost. The US is not His kingdom...but His kingdom will come...on earth as it is in heaven.<br /><br />But mmanagedaccounts is wrong that church and state should not be mixed. The Bible does NOT teach us the two are not to be mixed...neither does our constitution.<br /><br />There are righteous governments that govern according to Biblical Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04068805988034886750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-31575636153033200072011-04-08T08:13:24.756-07:002011-04-08T08:13:24.756-07:00The first question -- forget what Jesus would cut(...The first question -- forget what Jesus would cut(which assumes that Jesus would cut...) The first question that has to be asked is what is the role of Government? Some people believe that Government should be equalizer, other that it should take a role in insuring that public goods are "paid for" other its defense of the realm. <br /><br />What is unsaid, especially in the current Frozen in the Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04901959687094626879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-45759994265203897142011-04-08T06:41:02.411-07:002011-04-08T06:41:02.411-07:00One easy way for corporations to become less depen...One easy way for corporations to become less dependent on the federal government is to stop bidding on federal contracts. <br /><br />Benjamin is right. Government and business are two sides of the same coin. They are co-dependent. <br /><br />The fight isn't over public versus private. The fight is over who gets the keys to the Treasury.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365403570563730880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-54014916778276739142011-04-07T15:40:20.592-07:002011-04-07T15:40:20.592-07:00"Yet nowhere today is that liberty more in je..."Yet nowhere today is that liberty more in jeopardy than in a federal budget that reduces us all, in so many ways, to government dependents."<br /><br />I agree--and also note FY2011 has $147 billion earmarked for VA and military pensions. <br /><br />And we have created a huge permanent class of federal military employees and contractors dependent on continuing federal outlays, Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-25330834481615024942011-04-07T15:15:02.706-07:002011-04-07T15:15:02.706-07:00"What would Jesus cut?" It is not a vali..."What would Jesus cut?" It is not a valid question. Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world," and "render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." There is a kingdom of this world which belongs to the secular, and there is the kingdom of Christ, which is the Church. The Church and the State are not the same and are mmanagedaccountshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188469703346980431noreply@blogger.com