Deuteronomy 16:1-18

Deuteronomy - Part 15

Preacher

Stuart Cashman

Date
April 26, 2015
Series
Deuteronomy

Transcription

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[0:00] Well, I don't know about you, but we've been having a lot of extra posts coming through the door recently, including personal letters from the Prime Minister, several of them in fact, and a few other things with mainly red colours on them and pictures of Ed Miliband.

[0:12] And what seems in common with both those little letters we get is that the general assumption is that our vote, and your vote indeed, will be determined by which party we think will work for our financial benefit.

[0:28] That's the sort of primary motivation, isn't it, that the political parties assume will get us out of the ballot box. What will be best for my personal financial situation? Money is the motive.

[0:39] And of course, that is the way the free market works. That's the way capitalism works. So back in the 18th century, Adam Smith, a great Scottish Enlightenment...