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Member since: February 9, 2008
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I believe Mr. McGuigan was an Oklahoma government employee when he was Deputy Secretary of Labor under Brenda Reneau.
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Matthew 18:23-35 (New International Version)
"Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents[a] was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
"The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
"But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii.[b] He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded.
"His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'
"But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened.
"Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
"This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."
Footnotes:
a. Matthew 18:24 That is, millions of dollars
b. Matthew 18:28 That is, a few dollars
The big banks, Chase, Bank of America , were like the first man in the parable above – they were bailed out –Chase 50 billion; Bank of America 45 billion TARP money received.
Yet, did these big banks forgive debt or lower their interest rates of holders of their credit cards. No.
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In 2000, then Senator Phil Gramm of Texas authored
legislation which has colloquially become known as the 'Enron loophole'. The legislation exempted 'e-trading' of energy futures from regulation.
Unregulated speculation in oil futures is a likely cause of today's exorbitant gasoline prices.
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Check out who is getting rich off of farm subsidies at
http://www.ewg.org/farming
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According to the front page story "Grain Companies'Profits Soar as Global Food Crisis Mounts" Wall Street Journal. Wed. April 30, 2008.
ADM made $500 million the first quarter of 2008; Cargill made $1 billion; Deere made around $375 million; Monsanto made $1.1 billion; and Mosaic made over $500 million.
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