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Author Topic:   Christian principles in relation to government
PaulK
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Message 17 of 84 (833855)
05-27-2018 1:35 PM
Reply to: Message 16 by Faith
05-27-2018 1:26 PM


Re: Lets frame this topic
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The feeling was that Obama had sold the nation down the river as it were, that if we kept on that path we'd end up on the level of the Third World, and in this light Trump's campaign proposals were the desperately needed antidote.
I think you have cause and effect the wrong way round. Most of the attacks on Obama were generated by opposition to the idea of a Democrat in the White House - anD in a number of cases opposition to having a Black President.
Trump’s campaign promises do not seem to make a lot of sense. The tax cuts are going to massively increase the deficit. The repeal of the Affordable Healthcare Act mainly makes sense as an attempt to deny Obama a lasting legacy (Do you remember all the promises of a better system ? And in the end it came down to Republicans wrangling over how much they were going to take away ?). The Wall is an expensive boondoggle which will probably never be completely built and no way is Mexico going to pay for it. The attempt to destroy the deal with Iran is likely to be ineffective or worse to encourage Iranian development of nuclear weapons (and we all agree that an Iran with nukes is not a good thing).

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Message 45 of 84 (833947)
05-28-2018 2:02 PM
Reply to: Message 44 by NoNukes
05-28-2018 1:16 PM


Re: NT Government Principles
Faith’s ideas of which Christian Principles should influence government has much more to do with her politics and prejudices - and the convenience of the moment - than any coherent criteria.
As usual.

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