Poverty

Even Ron Sider doesn't like Obama's budget

By SharperIron Mon, 04/16/2012 - 6:26am

“He actually proposes, over the next 10 years, adding $6.4 trillion to the budget and I think that is, economically, not just unwise, it’s dangerous and I think the president owes us a proposal showing us how we can get to a balanced budget in the next five years.” Ron Sider: Obama, GOP Budgets Both Inadread more

Poverty in America... would raising minimum wage help?

By SharperIron Thu, 10/13/2011 - 6:39am

“Consider that the official poverty threshold of $22,000 per year for a family of four implies a “poverty” wage of $11 an hour. … The flaw here is the implicit assumption that all minimum-wage workers not only have families to support, but do so single-handedly.”read more

Sojourners continues to recruit pastors into liberal politics

By Aaron Blumer Thu, 07/21/2011 - 8:37am

“About 4,000 pastors nationwide, including 91 in Tennessee, signed a letter titled ‘Listen to Your Pastors,’ urging Washington not to cut welfare and charity programs for the poor. It was penned by several pastors and circulated by Sojourners, a Washington, D.C.-based Christian social justice organization.”
National debt debate divides church leaders