Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Wow. Just . . . Wow

It's not uncommon for politicians running for election to hint that God is on their side, but I've never before seen a political campaign that actually put the Almighty and his helpers in a TV commercial. Apparently, one of the ballot initiatives at issue this year in Colorado would amend the state constitution to automatically raise the minimum wage every year. There are arguments pro and con for that initiative, I'm sure. I'm guessing the "con" side is deep down in the polls, tho', since they've drafted God and Moses for TV spots urging voters to defeat the initiative. Via this diary over at Daily Kos, you can watch the ad for yourself here.

This leads me to ask a question for which I've never gotten a satisfactory answer. Some folks are quite fond of citing to the Bible to justify passing certain laws or implementing certain policies. Where, exactly, in either the Old or New Testaments did God, Moses, Jesus or anybody else discuss tax and other economic policies?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Moses parted the Red Sea for $4.25 an hour.

JD Byrne said...

Yeah, but that was realy money back then!