{"id":3614,"date":"2011-06-27T22:02:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T02:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=3614"},"modified":"2011-06-27T22:02:06","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T02:02:06","slug":"congressman-gop-medicare-plan-immoral-and-un-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/06\/congressman-gop-medicare-plan-immoral-and-un-american","title":{"rendered":"Congressman: GOP Medicare Plan &#8220;Immoral&#8221; And &#8220;Un-American&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I always find it very interesting that people talk all about their from Christianity and all these other religions that teach love. All that teach taking care of the poor. All of which talk about doing for the least of these. Yet, they continue to heap burden upon burden upon people who can stand it the least,&#8221; Rep. 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