The reality

I’m sure everyone has heard that the three big auto makers are asking the government for money. (25 billion) Bail us out their crying. I am a little mystified by this. No one bailed my family and I out, when we had a financial crisis. The government did not come running to help us. Nor did we ask for help. My family and I got into the financial mess, (being responsible) we felt

we were the ones to get us out of the mess. It wasn’t easy, but we are better off today.

What really gets me is, people think the government should bail out the auto makers. Where do you think the government is going to get the money to do this? Apparently some people think the government has a lot of money just sitting around. Well they can just print more money some say. PRINTING MORE MONEY LEADS TO INFLATION.

Many of us (who live on a budget), have noticed our grocery bills have gotten higher. Some think its because of the price of gas. Well the high price of gas certainly contributes to high prices, because higher prices are passed on to the consumer.

Think about this-the price of gas has come down-has your grocery bill? Oh you say gas prices have only been down for a little while, it’ll take time for the price of other things to come down. That is hogwash and you know it. Once the price goes up, it hardly ever comes down, especially on necessity items like food. Inflation at work.

Anyway back to the auto makers.
They have been in trouble for quit awhile. I don’t know about you, but in my life if something is not working, I try to find out how to make it work better, or go back to the drawing board and start over.

Henry Ford would rather go bankrupt, than have the government in his business, he would never even think to ask the government for help. He would have helped himself.

I don’t know many people who can afford a house payment and a new vehicle payment. The price of vehicles is outrageous. I cant justify paying 20 to 40 thousand on something that depreciates in value faster that you can pay it off.

FYI-if the government bails them out, you the tax payer are going to pay for it.

Which wouldn’t be so bad, except what an I getting out of this deal. (screwed) I would like a new vehicle of my choice every year for the next ten years FREE.

That’s not going to happen, I don’t what to pay for some one Else’s mistakes.

By the way here are some ways the government makes money, TAXES

However with a weak economy, there is the possibility of job loss. I feel that the auto makers should cut expenses just like every one else. What about all the jobs lost, Our New President wants to extend unemployment benefits, so there should be no worries about jobs. Who is going to pay for that, you say. You guessed it MR and MRS TAXPAYER.

The harsh reality is-someone is going to pay ether way-

Note-the reason I do not capitalize government is….they have not earned my respect-

Beware of the official making promises they cant keep

government and God

Some people are confused when it come to the government and God. What exactly are believers supposed to do?
First of all we do not owe the government the devotion we owe to God. To God we owe our worship and faithfulness. Remember the government only exists as long as God gives it the ability and power.
The question was asked of Jesus, “Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” Jesus said, “Show Me the tax money.” They gave him a denarius, which had the picture of Caesar. Then He asked, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said, “Caesar’s.” He answered, “Render therefore the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” (Matt 22: 17-21) This has become the standard for what we owe the government.
We owe the government the payment of taxes for the necessary services the government provides for us. We also owe law abiding and an honest type of lifestyle. (Romans: 13 1-7) We also are to be informed and active, old biblical scholars believed it was our duty to keep the government on the right track, doing right.
When the government steps outside the mandate authorized by God, then the government does not have any further claim on its citizens. When the apostles came before the government in their day, they were commanded not to speak about Jesus. They told authorities that they could not help speaking of things they had seen or heard.
When faced with jail, beatings, and other unspeakable horror’s, they continued preaching the faith to the masses. They obviously considered the governments power to come to an end when the government began to restrict their freedom to worship God, and preach about Jesus…………

Civic Responsibility

The issue of taxes and government, what a touchy subject, however the Lord brought it to my attention today. So since it was brought to my attention, I thought you might like to read about it. Just what is our civic responsibility as Christians? What do we owe to the government? Well to understand a little better lets look at Matthew 22:15-22.

• 15-Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk.
• 16-And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not regard the person of men.”
• 17-“Tell us , therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
• 18-But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites?
• 19-Show Me the tax money.” So they brought him a denarius.
• 20-And he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
• 21-They said to him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” When they had heard these words they marveled and went their way.

~Entangle: means to snare, like a trapper catching his prey.~
~Herodians were those who followed Herod, and his authority over Israel by Rome, Herodians believed in political law.~
~The Jews despised paying taxes to Roman, Rome was viewed as the oppressor~
~Hypocrites are people with false intentions~
The younger generation today do not have the old-time political religion. They look at voting to be an irrational act. In a way we are just like the Jews we hate to pay taxes, because the money is going to causes we do not believe in such as, ~ the fight for gay marriage that is a direct assault to the family unit~the ever increasing military budget~. We may even question whether we have a civic responsibility or not. Jesus reminds us that we have a dual citizenship. Human authority and spiritual authority we are responsible to both, but the greater is to the spiritual. Government may have authority, but God has ultimate authority.
Today our government has gotten very big and is getting bigger. the founding father’s of this country understood that their was a higher law, and did their best to preserve that higher law. Something our current government has forgotten.