Category: Personal

My Savior and His Attitude Towards His Relatives

What was the behavior of my savior towards His various relatives?

I find that he paid an inviolate respect unto his parents.  And he took singular care for the relief and comfort of the person that was more than in the eye of the law one of them.
He had brothers, whose bad carriage towards him for diverse years he bore with patience; and he never gave over, until they were brought home unto God.
He had kinsmen whom he took into a most intimate communion with him, and qualified them for great enjoyments in and services to the kingdom of God.
For the direction of my behavior towards my consort, I often, often, think, “How is the church treated by her Savior?”
I begged help of him to “go and do likewise.”

–Cotton Mather, Personal Diary, November 1718

Tax the Rich, Seriously?




Translation of above image:
The Top 1% of wage earners (those earning over $380,354) pay 38% of all individual Federal Taxes.
The Top 5% of wage earners (those earning over $159,619) pay 59% of all individual Federal Taxes.
The Bottom 50% of wage earners (those earning under $33,048) pay only 3% of all individual Federal Taxes.


For historical perspective, back in 1986, the top 1% of earners reported 11% of all income and paid 26% of the income taxes; the lower-earning 50% made 17% of the income and paid 6% of the nation’s individual income tax bill.


Thanks to Kiplingers for the info.