On Thursday, March 22 outside of the United Methodist Building (100 Maryland Avenue, NE), the presiding religious officials representing some of the nation’s most prominent Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and other faith traditions presented for congressional consideration, “A Faithful Budget.”
You may also download the entire Priorities for a Faithful Budget.
The Faithful Budget promotes comprehensive and compassionate budget principles that will “protect the common good, values each individual and his or her livelihood, and helps lift the burden on the poor, rather than increasing it while shielding the wealthiest from any additional sacrifice.” The Faithful Budget lays out ideas for restoring economic opportunity, ensuring adequate resources for the country’s fiscal needs, fostering true security, reducing poverty and hardship, taking responsibility for future generations, caring for the environment, improving access to health care and recognizing the robust role of government in combating poverty.
Please contact your Senators and ask them to craft a federal budget that protects the common good, values each individual and helps lift the burden on the poor, rather than increasing it while shielding the wealthiest from additional sacrifice.
Let us re-arrange our national priorities to focus on the common good!
