text: What an absurd comment, "J. NEVER asked Roman..."
  He couldn't.  He wasn't a Roman citizen.
  He called his Jewish religion to live up to its care of the poor.
  Republicans largely are Calvinists.  You are poor because you are not right w. god.
  Jesus upended this view when he said how difficult for the rich to enter the KofG.
  The disciples were amazed because common interpretation was the rich were right w. god.
  For Jesus, they were rich because of exploitation.
  If Christians took J. literally there be no need for government but because Christians here don't, secular government do what Christian don't.  Same for government's 14th amendment, equality & due process of every citizens because the dominant Christians didn't treat native Americans & blacks as equal, providing due process.  Rather, Indian removal, lynchings, etc, largely by Christians here!  Who were the savages, civilized?