Also, I wouldn't call Bush someone who abides by the Judeo Christian Philosophy.
Being a "good" christian is more being anti-abortion, anti-stem cell research, anti-contraceptive, anti-gay marriage. (It goes without saying that many christians believe the above list to not be christian values.)
It is also being compassionate. It means not cutting money to poor children, like
Head Start. Not discontinuing the programs to reduce alcohol abuse in secondary schools; integrate art into school curriculums; funding for low-income students and teachers to visit Washington, D.C.; community technology centers for low-income areas; dropout prevention; Even Start, a co-educational program for children and parents.
Christians want to help those who need it. So they wouldn't terminate programs aimed at helping adult and juvenile state and local prisoners gain literacy, life and job skills.
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He cut 400 million from after school vouchers. He cut money from a program intended to get more cops on inner city streets.
Cut 35 million from a childrens hospital doctor training program.
Cut 60 million from the Boys and Girls club of America. He did this days after visiting one of their sites. That's kind of cruel. I guess he wanted to get his photo-op in before they had to shut down.
Why are these programs cut? They are fat, culled to pay for ludicrously massive tax cuts. Tax cuts that go inordinately to the rich.
Quote:
And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through
the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
-Jesus Christ
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And being a good christian means being a good environmental steward for the planet that God left in our care. And he fails miserably.