Boehner to Religious Broadcasters: National Debt Is 'Immoral'

According to IRS, churches can only be tax exempt if they are not political. We should start making churches who promote politics start paying taxes.

Boehner said that "No society is worthy that treats its children so shabbily." when referring to the natiional debt. Is he not treating children "shabbily" when he cuts their education.

I guess speaker Boener must be born again since he and his party more than doubled the national debt in just eight short years It was just a immorale then.

It's amazing. The same people who complained about the national debt, are the same ones that let it get that way. Are our representatives in Washington there just to play footsie with each other while the voters feels despair?

Yet the GOP believes it is also 'moral' to destroy any attempt at health care reform because it damages the corporate fat cats that run the insurance industry. They believe it is 'moral' to unleash big business to loot and pollute the nation, because government oversite is a bad thing. It is 'moral' to allow corporations to spend any amount on elections, because that cash flows to Republicans, but unions are evil, because their money flows to Democrats. It is 'moral' to start wars based on falsehoods. I love it! The poor get poorer and the rich get richer (the census data proves it) while these stuffed suits preach their high minded morality. Hypocrisy at its finest!

Perhaps Mr. Boehner and the rest of the governmental bureaucrats would like to do the "moral thing" and take pay cuts (most of them are filthy rich anyway) like a large percentage of working Americans have been forced to do; or return their pay to the level of 3 years ago as they have forced Social Security recipients to continue to live on the benefit they recieved 3 years ago although their costs of living have escalated; and give up their extravagant perks, insurance benefits, and retirement benefits to live like the rest of us. After all, they work for us; we are their employers; our taxes pay for their salaries and benefits.

Churches contributing to the nation's well being would be a good way to help the economy. Churches should NOT be exempt from paying property taxes. If churches are to remain exempt they should be billed in full for any public services they use, be it the fire dept, police or garbage removal.

Speaker Boehner is right. It is immoral for a government to hold hostage it's citizens and future generations.

What was a nightmare during the Bush spending has now deepened when all it would have taken was for the new government to stop the spending and introduce responsible policies.

I somehow thought he would be a better Speaker then he has been thusfar. I think his emotions get in the way of his thinking . Nancy was a much better leader of the House. She allowed her fellow Democrats to speak, give opinions and do their jobs. Our new Speaker gets a C- in my books and looks like will fail to keep a majority come 2012. Republicans can not take advantage of the middle class and poor while they get rich. What is happening in North Africa should be an eye opener to the Republicans. They get to keep their tax money while the middle class and poor payup and suffer. Enough Enough.

It's immoral to starve the rest of the country so a few wealthy can expound on their greed too but, I don't hear Boehner complaining about that.