THE BUDGET MESS

See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of the Father who is in heaven (Matthew 18:10).

As a result of the recent budget battle in Washington, I am not optimistic that we will ever balance the budget.  The result of deficit spending is always inflation.  Inflation is a cruel thief, stealing from the poor and the elderly, those who can least afford it.  The irony is that liberal/progressive politicians, who claim to be the champions of the poor and the elderly, are the ones who are responsible for the huge deficits that are the cause of the high inflation rates staring us in the face.  In spite of the rhetoric, these politicians have done as much to hurt the cause of the poor and elderly as to help them.

The reason I am so negative about our financial future is that we cannot even stop tax-payer dollars from going to support planned population control--I should say planned parenthood. Planned parenthood is the single largest abortion provider in the United States and the single largest abortion promoter in the world.  PP has challenged common-sense legislation such as right-to-know laws and has backed partial birth abortion. In 2009 PP took in $149.9 million of revenue just from doing abortions which accounts for more than a third of the the $404.9 million of total PP revenue.  In terms of the total US budget that is small potatoes, but life is a core value. How we, as a society, look at the value of the unborn is indicative of how we, as a society, arrive at our other values.  If we refuse to protect the right to life of the unborn, the rights of every other person are expendable too.  I think as we begin to know more and more of what is in ObamaCare we will understand how expendable our rights are.

Materialists view every problem as a money problem.  But there are some problems that money cannot solve no matter how much is spent.  The real problem is a "heart" problem that will be resolved in Jesus Christ or in judgment.  The angels of the "little ones" might not prevent their abuse and deaths, but they certainly make a record of their abusers, preparing for them the hottest places in perdition.

Our Father's Love,
Tom