"Christians" and "Wealth Redistribution"

Matthew 6:19-24 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Matthew 25:31-46 - "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'
"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'
"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'
"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

Mark 12:41-44 - Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny.
Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on."

Luke 3:11 - The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same. (John the Baptist)

Luke 14:12-14 - Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

But you say, "Yes, Wes...but this is about personal responsibility, not a framework for government taxation."

I agree, Jesus preached and lived like an anarchist. Not with the government, not against the government, but separate from the government. Living for God and nothing else (Matt 4:8-10). But to follow that logic, you would have to relieve the government of all demands and expectations to act "Christian".

So then I say, it is your personal responsibility not to get an abortion, and not the responsibility of the government to outlaw abortion.

It is your personal responsibility not to marry someone of the same sex, not the responsibility of the government to outlaw gay marriage.

If you are a fundamentalist Christian and misguided into thinking any nation can ever be "Christian"...and that this nation should outlaw abortion and gay marriage...then it has the same Biblical responsibility to take your second tunic and give it to the poor man that has none. If you don't like that, then you need to give up the abortion and gay marriage argument.

And if you still want to argue it, and bring up "welfare queens" and people that aren't "poor", but simply don't work and get free handouts...then do this: First, you can take a Styrofoam plate, plastic fork, and a plastic knife. Picnic style. Squeeze out a hot turd onto the plate. Then cut a slice off. The knife will slide through it like butter. Put it in your mouth, and let is sit on your tongue like a piece of fine chocolate. Letting it melt and puddle onto your tastebuds. Savor it, then swallow it. Repeat.