Letter: Utah’s elite interpret their scriptures very figuratively
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune | The Associated Press) Ellie Brownstein, left, who is in opposition to SB96 and Wiz Rouzard with Americans for Prosperity in favor of SB96 debate for and against in front of the Utah House chamber, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, in Salt Lake City. Utah lawmakers' plan to scale back a voter-approved Medicaid expansion has passed a key vote despite protests from advocates who say it guts a plan the majority of voters want.
Reporting by The Salt Lake Tribune suggests that a large majority of the Utah Legislature views the Book of Mormon as scripture. In that book, King Mosiah states “make it your law — to do your business by the voice of the people.” (Mosiah 29:26) The “voice of the people” was clearly disregarded, thwarted and contravened when Utah’s ruling elites degraded and deformed the Medicaid expansion mandated by Proposition 3.
The majority of Utahns, who supported Proposition 3, can now see what Utah's poor have always understood: Utah's political elite interpret their scriptures very figuratively.
Rick Jones, West Haven
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