Jason Hommel: Biblical Political Positions, Part 2

On allowing bankruptcy:
Proverbs 22:7 The poor are ruled by the rich, and those who borrow are slaves of moneylenders.
Exodus 21:2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing.
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On Taxes:
Matthew 22:21 They said to Him, “Caesar's.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”
Bruce- What is Caesar's? Paper Money... What is God's?
Haggai 2:8 All silver and gold belong to me, [says the Lord God]
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On why to abolish Inheritance Taxes:
Numbers 27:8 And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
Proverbs 13:22 If you obey God, you will have something to leave your grandchildren. If you don't obey God, those who live right will get what you leave.
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On why progressive income taxes are immoral, and why both government welfare for the poor is immoral, and why corporate welfare is immoral, and why monopoly grants and patents are immoral, and why there must be equality under the law; why the law must apply the same to all people, rich or poor.
Leviticus 19:15 ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.
Deuteronomy 1:17 You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man's presence, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.'
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On who is to provide welfare:
Exodus 20:12 Respect your father and your mother, and you will live a long time in the land I am giving you.
1 Timothy 5:8 People who don't take care of their relatives, and especially their own families, have given up their faith. They are worse than someone who doesn't have faith in the Lord.
Leviticus 25:35 ‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you, then you shall help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you. 36 Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you. 37 You shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit. 38 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
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On why pensions, wage withholding, worker's compensation insurance, & Social Security are frauds from the beginning:
Leviticus 19:13 " Do not defraud your neighbor or rob him."Do not hold back the wages of a hired man overnight.
James 5:4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.