I found the following quotes interesting to say the least… For background info, the government is trying to cut its budget and many Christians are having issues because many the cuts are coming to areas that help the poor and children.

Budget Battle – Christianity Today Magazine
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said of the protesters, “They don’t know what they’re talking about. There’s $1.7 billion fraud in the food-stamp program.” Congress decided against decreasing funding for food stamps.

 

Coburn cited other examples of federal waste and said government is not suited to aiding the poor. “If the churches had done their job and followed Jesus’ teachings,” Coburn told CT, “the government wouldn’t have started all these programs and created all these problems.”

But Coburn also cautioned against moving forward with further tax cuts. “We need to get our spending in order first,” Coburn said.”Then we can consider tax cuts, so people will have more money to do things like give to their churches.”

Here is another great quote from Rep. Jeb Hensarling. If you ever wanted who the “least of these” were that Jesus mentioned in Matthew 25, Hensarling knows….

“I believe the ‘least of these’ is my daughter, who’s 4 years old, and my son, who’s 2 years old, and all of those not born,” Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, said. “I believe it’s unfair to saddle them with debt way into the future.”