You can argue with my economic policy, but you can’t argue with Jesus!

You can argue all you want about which economic approach is more effective at rebuilding after a recession. Should we raise taxes? Should we lower taxes? Should we force poor people to work in salt mines? Should we force Newt Gingrich to examine the areas between his neck folds for spare change? The possibilities are endless, and the arguments about the possibilities are more endless still. Some people would go to their deaths before admitting one approach is better than another. Some people would go to your death.

But there’s one surefire way to end discussion on any matter in politics. Its desperate, its cynical and its wildly inappropriate. But when you have no other option – no other way out – its the only thing you can call on to support yourself. Its the only way out of a corner.

When all else fails, just tell them Jesus sent you. Because, and this is key, no one can argue with Jesus, primarily because he’s been dead for 2,000 years.

The president said he often falls to his knees in prayer, and emphasized the role of his religious values in determining where to lead the country.

“I’d be remiss if I stopped there; if my values were limited to personal moments of prayer or private conversations with pastors or friends. So instead, I must try — imperfectly, but I must try — to make sure those values motivate me as one leader of this great nation.”

Obama maintained that his call for the wealthiest to give up their tax breaks, he’s doing so out of economic necessity, but also in line with biblical teachings.

“And I think to myself, if I’m willing to give something up as somebody who’s been extraordinarily blessed, and give up some of the tax breaks that I enjoy, I actually think that’s going to make economic sense. But for me as a Christian, it also coincides with Jesus’s teaching that ‘for unto whom much is given, much shall be required,’” Obama said, noting Jewish and Islamic teachings say much the same thing.

This is tricky, first of all because, its highly unlikely that we’ll find anything in Scripture that expressly agrees with Barack Obama’s point of view, primarily because God probably wasn’t terribly concerned with election year politics in 2012 when he was trying to save the entire human race from eternal damnation. This is also tricky because it calls into question the true definition of certain Biblical principles, most notably, how exactly “rich” people are called to contribute to their society. While its no secret we’re all called to help the lowliest, clothe the naked and feed the hungry, there remains this question of whether we’re supposed to actually get our hands dirty, or, as Obama seems to be claiming, we’re supposed to ask the government to take our money by force and redistribute it to government programs which do the dirty work for us. Some might argue that Jesus wasn’t into that at all. And its not like Jesus is here to tell us any different.

Plus, this is pretty much taken care of for us. The IRS happily boasts a “donation” button on their page. But that is immaterial to this particular speech, since its unlikely any of us is going to get a clear message from God on the validity of our principles of taxation. And who’s to say that God’s response to the question wouldn’t actually be, “you are all really f***ing crazy. I hope you like hurricanes!”

But this is an election year and, thus, reason in proposition does not apply.