Jesus is against minimum wage

I was under the impression that Jesus Christ had a major run-in with the money-lenders over monetary policy. In fact he got so mad, as he kicked them out of the Temple, he called them “thieves.” Well, that part of Biblical history is about to get rewritten. Michele Bachmann and a group of conservative leaders – including Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, Haley Barbour, and David Barton – have gathered for a Religious Right event in Iowa aimed at mobilizing pastors called “Rediscover God In America.”

The event is being webcast by the American Family Association and last night David Barton got the festivities underway by explaining to the audience that all of our economic and tax policies ought to be dictated by the Bible … and that means getting rid of the minimum wage because it was opposed by Jesus:





