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The Lord's year of favor referred to a traditional year in Israeli society where the poor's debts to the wealthy were wiped away, a theme Jesus would come back to again and again.
Mike Lux: The Year of the Lord's Favor Mike Lux 2011
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The Lord's year of favor referred to a traditional year in Israeli society where the poor's debts to the wealthy were wiped away, a theme Jesus would come back to again and again.
Mike Lux: The Year of the Lord's Favor Mike Lux 2011
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That is the single biggest reason the middle class and poor's standard of living has dropped since 1981.
Sen. Blanche Lincoln cancels Goldman fundraiser in works for Monday 2010
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He describes a roaring Maoist insurgency in the east – which feeds in large part on the poor's discontent – as the country's biggest internal security threat.
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If Obama ends 'tax breaks' or decreases charitable contribution tax credits or demands that 'insurance companies' pay for the poor's health care, it all comes down to increasing taxation to pay for the ever-decreasing health of America.
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Robbing from Peter (the rich) to subsidize Paul (blacks and other so-called poor's health insurance) is not going to make for a popular president among the white middle class.
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In addition to quoting Amos, Common Wealth reminds us of Leviticus's teaching that the land – source of all wealth – belongs to God, of Ezekiel's warning of the dangers of false leadership, which ensures the profits of the rich at the poor's expense, and of how scathing is Isaiah about the hypocrisy of those who mark fast days while keeping their labourers at work.
People of all faiths should be protesting against the cuts | David Haslam 2011
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Saxby tries to lay out that Democrats are going to be responsible for taxing the rich to pay for the poor's health care insurance.
Saxby Chambliss - Health Care Reform - part 2 (Blog for Democracy) 2009
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Untaxed items (e.g., groceries) probably account for a higher percentage of the poor's consumption than the wealthy's.
The Distribution of Consumer Spending, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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And they're actually making the poor's plight worse by saying you're not good enough to fix your own problems.
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