Editor, Gazette-Journal:

As the nation’s debt debate rages on in Congress, one lawmaker may be turning to Jesus for an answer. Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) recently appealed to his Congressional colleagues and Americans at-large during a press conference to do "the Lord’s work" as a possible solution for healing the nation’s economic woes. Mr. Rangel, who was censured late last year by the House for ethical violations, sees the issue not as a political one, but a moral imperative that deserves to be addressed by America’s spiritual leaders. And, to that end, he appeals to all Americans to ask, "What would Jesus do?"

Whereas I agree that the debt debate has profound moral implications on America’s future and that of our children’s economic freedom or servitude, I also see couched in Mr. Rangel’s argument the presumed responsibility and role of Uncle Sam to perpetuate an entitlement society that can suffer no loss of fun...