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The American poor and the middle class have earned God?s wrath by their licentiousness and undisciplined lives. In a nutshell, wealth is a sign of God?s favor, poverty is a sign of God?s disfavor.

See Deuteronomy 28 (for example, "The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee?and the Lord shall make thee the head and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath?"). The chapter reveals God?s covenanted economic law. God only bestows "material wealth or blessings" upon those who are among his elect and he does so because these are the individuals and nations who obey his commandments and laws.

"God is sovereign over the poor. He raises them up?not all of them, but some of them. ?The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.?" - Gary North

Those who are poor, sick, and weak are so situated because God?s wrath has been visited upon them?they are the "wicked" of this earth and they deserve the wrath of God because their behavior is bringing the entire nation under condemnation.

"The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies?thy carcass shall be food unto all fowls of the air?The Lord will smite thee with [boils]?and with ?tumors, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. The Lord shall smite thee with madness and blindness and astonishment of heart [fear]; thou shalt grope at noonday; thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore?thou shalt betroth a wife and another man shall lie with her; thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein, and thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof; thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face and shall not be restored to thee; they sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might in thine hand. The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall a nation whom thou knowest not eat up, and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed always?"
-More from Deut. 28

Gary North again: "The point of Deuteronomy 28 is this: the way to wealth, both individual and corporate, is through systematic adherence to God?s Bible-revealed law."

Hence the idea that should a nation minister to the poor or attempt to lift the poor out of poverty or save people from poverty and ill health, that nation is contravening the will of Almighty God and such legislation is contrary to the laws of God. If this is God?s attitude toward the poor, then Social Security and Medicare become revealed for what they are: evil programs that rob money from some citizens to enrich others.

It is is the duty of the Christian government to subdue the wicked of the world, especially the vast American middle class, because its collective licentious lifestyle is bringing the nation down as a whole; therefore the government must "minister the wrath of God" against the citizens of America as punishment for "rebelliousness."

Thomas van de Koch

When I was 29, I made $2,100,000 but lost it all while crossing the Mexican border.

Then my wife died and I was put in prison for tax evasion.

Now I came back and I am almost broke, but I agree with the thread starter - I don't want any help from the government.

I still got some good contacts, including top management from various NASDAQ companies.

Moreover, I PERSONALLY know the former president of Bolivia - Mr Gonzalo Sanches de Lozada.

I think this might help me in getting some good mainstream offline deals in South America.

reynold

a cruel if you ask me.