{"id":225,"date":"2011-04-03T07:08:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T11:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/?p=225"},"modified":"2011-04-01T11:22:07","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T15:22:07","slug":"what-would-jesus-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/04\/what-would-jesus-cut.html","title":{"rendered":"What Would Jesus Cut?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What Would Jesus Cut?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure3.convio.net\/sojo\/images\/content\/pagebuilder\/11453.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"[object Object]\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" align=\"right\" \/>Congress  is considering a budget plan that would make a 9 percent cut in  discretionary spending while giving a 2 percent increase for military  spending. This would be devastating for domestic programs that provide  basic nutrition, health, and opportunity to poor children and  international aid programs that save lives every day.<\/p>\n<p>As a  country, we face difficult financial choices, but one thing that should  not be on the table is to abandon the poor and vulnerable while allowing  more military spending.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nTell Congress to get its budget priorities in order.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Go <a href=\"https:\/\/secure3.convio.net\/sojo\/site\/Advocacy?cmd=display&amp;page=UserAction&amp;id=387\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> to join the petition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Petition content originally from <a href=\"https:\/\/secure3.convio.net\/sojo\/site\/Advocacy?cmd=display&amp;page=UserAction&amp;id=387\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p><strong>DILLON BURROUGHS<\/strong> is an author, activist, and     co-founder of Activist      Faith. Dillon served in Haiti following the     epic 2010 earthquake and    has   investigated modern slavery in the   US   and internationally. His    books   include <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Undefending-Christianity\/Dillon-Burroughs\/e\/9780736937023\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Undefending Christianity<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Not-in-My-Town\/Dillon-Burroughs\/e\/9781596693012\/?itm=3\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Not in My Town<\/em><\/a> (with Charles J. Powell), and <em>Thirst No More<\/em> (October). Discover more at <a href=\"http:\/\/activistfaith.org\/\">ActivistFaith.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\nRead more: <a href=\"..\/#ixzz1IHkXwDyK\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/#ixzz1IHkXwDyK<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Would Jesus Cut? Congress is considering a budget plan that would make a 9 percent cut in discretionary spending while giving a 2 percent increase for military spending. 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