do away with the yoke of oppression

Sunday August 22nd, Isaiah 58: 9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. "If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, 10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. Isaiah is addressed not to individuals as much as to nations. Therefore let us read this from a national point of view. There is a call to not let the Bush tax cuts expire along with the plan to extend them to all except those who have benefited the most, those on the top economic scale. Have we done away with the yoke of oppression by cutting taxes on the top 1% and corporations or have we only succeeded in passing the economic burden off on the children of those below the top 1%? GOP congressman Boehner has proposed “fixing” social security by increasing the retirement age to 70 which is something only someone who does not work physically with his hands would consider. Another solution would be to eliminate the top cap of $106000 of earned income and apply the social security tax to all income. In the modern warfare of haves against oppressed, tax policy is often the weapon of choice. Perhaps the best way to “fight” terrorism is to promote agendas and programs and budgets that will let our light rise in the darkness and economic justice for all the way of the land.