Luxon

[Lilith7]

I think its pretty clear what Luxon is saying with this comment:

"‘If you want to have a go, and you want to make something of yourself — we don’t just do bottom feeding and just focus on the bottom. We focus on people who want to be positive and ambitious.’"


He's insinuating that those on low incomes have no ambition, no positivity & that just isn't true at all. Then there's also his brand of Christianity, which according to the article, is very close to the American pentecostalists who see wealth as a blessing bestowed on the deserving.


"As this column has noted before, Luxon’s Pentecostal beliefs appear to have a lot in common with the US “prosperity gospel” tele-evangelists, such as Joel Osteen. Wealth is taken to be God’s blessing on the righteous, while poverty is a sinful state that’s largely of one’s own choosing. It’s a very popular attitude within the US Republican Party.

The Bible though, would suggest otherwise. Think Proverbs 28.3 ( “The ruler who oppresses the poor is like the driving rain that leaves no crops.” ) Or Psalms 82: 3-4 (“Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”