Economics Analysis Essay
Frank Aucompaugh
GOVT-200 D08
21 August 2022
Chris Connelly
As a Christian, we are slowly seeing biblical principles are being stripped away from
government, as well as in the free market. We know that taxation is not a bad thing. It is said, in
the book of Luke, when the tax collectors came to be baptized and asked John, the Teacher what
they shall do. He said, “Collect no more than you are authorized to do (Luke 3:12-13).” In the
book of Romans, “we pay taxes because the authorities are servants from God, and we must
submit to the authorities because of possible punishment and conscience, they give their full time
to governing, so we must pay taxes if we owe taxes, if revenue then revenue, if respect then
respect, and if honor then honor” (Romans 13:5-6). These scriptures indicate that taxes are
biblically accepted and imply to only collect taxes that we owe the government, which is
established by God. However, the government has taken taxation to a whole new extreme,
beyond what the bible tells us. It’s been over a period of years, that legislation and federal
agencies were designated to oversee and regulate these policies. Two examples of the
government overstepping Biblical principles, that our country was founded on, is the “welfare
system” and more recently, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009).
The welfare system, has been frequently abused by many impecunious persons here in
America. Those who are unemployed with no desire to work, seem to depend completely upon
the government. Welfare is supported through our tax system, which impacts our blue-collar
working class and wealthy class who consistently pay tax on every dollar earned. The welfare
system, completely goes against biblical principles in all respects. To support this statement, I
have included biblical references where it is stated that we are to help others who help
