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white_wolf

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15. The entire fifth chapter of of James if full of wonderful gems.
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 11:01 PM
Dec 2012

I'm not Christian, but I like James.

"Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.[a] 6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you."


The great thing is you can find these quotes in every religious text, but my favorite has to be from the Pali Cannon of Buddhism where Buddha tells employers to pay a living wage. That's actually the translation that is used too.

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Time to repeal Taft-Hartley [View all] Starry Messenger Dec 2012 OP
The "ultra-right" you mention is now called "The Congress." immoderate Dec 2012 #1
The bible tells them so reteachinwi Dec 2012 #2
I always love a good biblical quote. bvar22 Dec 2012 #8
There are many reteachinwi Dec 2012 #10
The entire fifth chapter of of James if full of wonderful gems. white_wolf Dec 2012 #15
You want to go back to closed shop? Recursion Dec 2012 #3
So what do you propose? nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #9
An alternative that was long part of the Dem platform: Repeal section 14(b) Jim Lane Dec 2012 #12
I wasnt aware of the specifics. THank you. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #13
A couple recent news stories limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #4
I started hearing a little more about it when Occupy started up. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #6
Divide and Conquer Left Turn Only Dec 2012 #5
Great, amazing post. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #7
Hey! Welcome to DU! immoderate Dec 2012 #11
Divide and conquer tama Jan 2013 #16
capitalist economics Left Turn Only Jan 2013 #17
aka "overshoot" nt tama Jan 2013 #18
kr. as soon as the war was over, business started moving against the gains labor had made. T-H HiPointDem Dec 2012 #14
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