“And Jesus looked around the room,
angry and grieved at their hardness of heart.” [Mk. 3:5]
After listening to the State of the Union address and several Republican responses, I also find myself depressed, angry, grieving at the hardness of heart our politics spews at us.
Through a full hour of claiming some successes and promoting “middle class economics,” President Obama could not [dared not?] once mention the poor of the nation or the world.
Just 2 hours before, PBS posted a news Bulletin:
“The 85 wealthiest people in the world
have more wealth than the poorest 3 billion 600 million”
[which is half the world’s population].
Not one mention from the president.
And the Republicans who spoke kept insisting that it’s tax breaks for the wealthy that will eventually be what helps the middle class.
“And Jesus looked around the room,
angry and grieved at their hardness of heart.” [Mk. 3:5]
James E. Hug, S.J.
January 21, 2015
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angry and grieved at their hardness of heart.” [Mk. 3:5]
After listening to the State of the Union address and several Republican responses, I also find myself depressed, angry, grieving at the hardness of heart our politics spews at us.
Through a full hour of claiming some successes and promoting “middle class economics,” President Obama could not [dared not?] once mention the poor of the nation or the world.
Just 2 hours before, PBS posted a news Bulletin:
“The 85 wealthiest people in the world
have more wealth than the poorest 3 billion 600 million”
[which is half the world’s population].
Not one mention from the president.
And the Republicans who spoke kept insisting that it’s tax breaks for the wealthy that will eventually be what helps the middle class.
“And Jesus looked around the room,
angry and grieved at their hardness of heart.” [Mk. 3:5]
James E. Hug, S.J.
January 21, 2015
[To add a reply, click on "Comments" below]
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