"Get it, they don't."
Posted on 10/04/2017 5:34:50 AM PDT by C19fan
House Republicans are expected to approve a gigantic “H-2C” guest-worker bill on Wednesday that allows the nation’s food industry to employ one million low-wage, foreign guest-workers — regardless of how many Americans would lose their skilled or unskilled jobs in fields, orchards, cattle ranches, dairy farms, forests, seafood ports, meat-packing plants, and food processing factories.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
And these people will all get re elected .
Why would they need this? We are going to have that many refugees, to whom we are obligated, coming in from Puerto Rico...
If you were listening to Brietbart News Daily, Louie Gohmert was on at about 0740 and said it was pulled last night for consideration. For now it is not up for any action.
Whoever votes for this bill should lose their seat in next year’s election.
Note the RINOcrats who vote for this. They need to have "Traitor" attached as a prefix to their name.
PRESIDENT TRUMP, tell them your VETO pen is ready!!!
America is not first with these hacks.
Trump should veto if it passes the Senate.
Traitors. How about relocating 1 million potentially unemployed US citizens from Puerto Rico? Or from places like Detroit?
Who pays for their medical care, housing, incarceration after DUI, rape, robbery, theft, etc.? The US Chamber of Commerce wants businesses to profit from cheap labor subsidized by the public.
The Cheap Labor Express chugs on.....
Goodlatte needs to be Cantorized.
Reforming welfare would eliminate much of the need for low-skilled foreign workers. Reforming or ending the Department of Education would eliminate the need for highly skilled foreign workers.
Wtf?
Why vote Republican if the bastards are going to act like Democrats?
“YOU DON’T WORK, YOU DON’T EAT! END OF STORY!”
“Very Biblical.”
No it isn’t. This is an extremely common misquote of the Bible. It’s like those who claim the Bible says that money is the root of all evil. It doesn’t say that either. It is one thing to assert something to be true. It is another to claim it is the message of God. It is important to be precise and accurate when dealing with the revealed word of God.
2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.
There is a difference between being willing to work and working. Some people are willing but unable. We do not expect babies or small children to support themselves. And the work that small children do is for their learning, not the profitability or ease of the parents.
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.
2 Corinthians 12:14
Now for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be burdensome to you; for I do not seek yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
God cares for the poor, needy, and disabled:
Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Rebuke the oppressor;
Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow.
Luke 14:13-14a
But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you.
Galatians 2:10
They [the apostles] desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I [Paul, also an apostle] also was eager to do.
Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker,
But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.
Proverbs 20:28
Mercy and truth preserve the king,
And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.
Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.
Luke 12:42
And the Lord said, “Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?”
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, “Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.”
What is the Biblical perspective on work and caring for the poor?
It is the responsibility of individuals to work to the degree they are able. Work should be held in esteem. It should not be viewed as something to avoid.
It is the responsibility of father’s to care for and provide for their families. This includes setting aside resources to care for them in the case of his inability to do so at some future point.
When this is not possible, or when men fail to do so, it is the responsibility of other family members to intervene and help.
When this does not happen, or families fail to do so, it is the responsibility of communities to do so. And churches as a particular type of community are commanded to take care of each other and to even help the poor outside of the church where possible.
It is not the job of government to provide income for citizens or residents. But it is the job of government to protect people from exploitation, protect their property rights, and insure that the poor are not impeded from access to available resources. By this I mean that government should not interfere with or regulate charitable help. Government should protect the poor from being exploited.
Society is far more generous and efficient at caring for the poor and needy than a bureaucratic government. Government can do things to help facilitate the use of available resources. It can also make and enforce reasonable consumer protections and establish guidelines for setting aside resources for emergencies, war, natural disasters, etc.
So, I agree that work is the primary means of eliminating poverty. And government needs to foster and encourage that as a solution rather than trying to buy votes with entitlements. But I do not agree that there is a simplistic or one-size-fits-all approach that applies to everyone. There are people who are unable to care for themselves. And government is the last resort, but also a necessary one when all else fails. Policies must be implemented that encourage and foster a society built on a strong work ethic, stable families, and voluntary charity as the primary means of caring for the poor.
Importing new foreign workers when you have millions of unemployed Americans on welfare and other benefits is evil, stupid, and just fiscally irresponsible.
I did not say it was a one size fits all solution. The whole point of the article and our comments were about able bodied people who were not working. I am glad that you were able to vent at all of us about our “misunderstanding” and misquote of the Bible.
Since I was talking about able bodied people, and Paul was talking about able bodied people, I pretty much stopped really reading after you slammed my little joke.
“I pretty much stopped really reading”
It didn’t keep you from replying though, just kept you from listening.
The wise take correction and learn.
Fools despise correction. They do not hear rebuke.
It does not keep them from opening their mouths. You can take the time to misspeak the Word of God. You can take time to answer a matter before you hear it. But you can not take time to listen or heed to the Word of God which you apparently despise.
Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
But he who hates correction is stupid.
Proverbs 30:6
Do not add to His words,
Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.
The world is full of proud, arrogant, unrepentant fools bound for hell. They despise correction and warnings from God. They are self-righteous. But they are often very religious. They can quote the Bible, or misquote it. But they really only are interested in using it to confirm what they want to believe rather than being instructed by it. It’s a real shame when they identify as Christian conservatives.
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