Taxes
October 22, 2019
I’m Miriam Neff-with STARTING OVER FINANCIALLY,-and I’m Valerie Neff Hogan, and we’re here to talk about money
M Our financial status is a personal and a national thing. Rulers and leaders make laws, exert power, and influence. These shape and drive a nation. They also shape, and are a powerful influence in our personal lives.
V Consider taxes. Governments extract taxes from their people. Proverbs 29: 4 says. By justice a king gives a country stability, but those who are greedy for[ bribes tear it down. One version describes this in different words. One who exacts gifts ruins it.
Bribes and gifts require something for the leaders gain, not the countries gain. The leader is tempted to show favoritism.