Prophetic lesson of State of the Union: More house cleaning necessary

In the State of the Union address, the president told Americans, "But to help our companies compete, we also have to knock down barriers that stand in the way of their success. For example, over the years, a parade of lobbyists has rigged the tax code to benefit particular companies and industries. Those with accountants or lawyers to work the system can end up paying no taxes at all. But all the rest are hit with one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. It makes no sense, and it has to change. So tonight, I'm asking Democrats and Republicans to simplify the system. Get rid of the loopholes. Level the playing field." He also said that the wealthiest two percent of Americans should give up their tax breaks.  

The president put his money where his mouth is even before the State of the Union. CNSNews reports that three Chicago chapters of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) have received waivers from participating in the new socialized health care system. The waivers allow the SEIU to limit how much they have to spend on their workers health care. In fact, the Administration has issued some 223 such waivers so far, with plans for 500 more--and at least 45 of them are labor unions--unions that gave millions to the president's campaign. For example, the three Chicago SEIU local political action committee gave a total of $27 million in support of the president's election. 

The appearance of bribery clouds these waivers so much that Congress is going to investigate. Iowa Republican Senator Charles Grassley told CNSNews.com that these waivers are a "perfect example of special interests" having an "in" with the Administration. The president is in great error when he said that lobbyists "rigged the tax code to benefit particular companies and industries." Nothing passes Congress without a vote, and if the tax code gives advantage to some over others, it is, in this case, the president and his own party that made it law. Leveling the playing field may mean Chicago-style cronyism to the president, but the American people should demand a higher standard.

If we have learned anything since the last election and from this State of the Union, more cleansing in Washington is needed as Isaiah 59:7 says, "Their feet run to evil, and they make hast to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths." But we must be careful who we put in office. Jesus gave the example in Matthew 12 of when an unclean spirit goes out of a man that the spirit, "takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last sate of that man is worse than the first." We must take care that we discern properly the spiritual state of those who we choose as leaders.

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