Richard Crashaw calls out those religious leaders who, like the pampered scribes attacked by Jesus, devour widows’ houses. We’ve got our own hypocritical Christians today.
Tag Archives: wealth inequality
On Christians Who Devour the Poor
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Literature on Why Taxes Are Good
Edgar A. Guest has a fun poem in favor of taxes. And Dickens unloads on those with money who avoid paying them.
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The Rich Complain about Shaming
Some wealthy Americans are receiving therapy to make them feel better about their riches. Swift would have something to say about this, as would F. Scott Fitzgerald and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Epistle from Mrs. Yonge to Her Hustand", F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, one percent, Rich Boy, Therapy Comments closed
