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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI'm not particularly religious but who does "the least of these" support?
Matthew 25:31-40
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
https://www.quora.com/Where-in-the-bible-does-it-say-whatsoever-you-do-to-the-least-of-my-brothers-that-you-do-unto-me
Bernie Sanders Raised $16 Million From the Unemployed
Theyre one of his biggest sources of fundraising.
One of Bernie Sanders talking points on the campaign trail is that the real unemployment rate is much higher than the official 4.9% cited by the Labor Department, and he should know.
(snip)
$16 million of the $73 million the candidate raised in 2015 came from individual donors who said they were without jobs, according to the report.
This group of people has good reason to support the Vermont Senator. He is proposing to expand Social Security, to the tune of $65 more per month on average, financed by raising payroll taxes on wealthy wage earnings. Hes also vowed to get the unemployed working again through a $1 trillion infrastructure plan the campaign says will create 13 million good-paying jobs.
http://fortune.com/2016/02/19/bernie-sanders-unemployed/
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I'm not particularly religious but who does "the least of these" support? (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Feb 2016
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Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)1. You just gotta know that it irks the daylights out of Fortune
that unemployed people even get to vote.
Uncle Joe
(58,389 posts)2. I agree, Ruby the Liberal, I have no doubt it discombobulates them.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)3. You don't need to be religious to care about other human beings in need
In fact, I have often found that some of the most compassionate people are nonbelievers
Uncle Joe
(58,389 posts)5. I agree, tk2kewl but for those people in South Carolina and elsewhere
that believe in the teachings of Jesus, I thought this would be helpful.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)4. whoa, dayum. out of the park, uncle joe!! nt
Uncle Joe
(58,389 posts)6. Thanks, restorefreedom.
Peace to you.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)7. back atcha! :) nt