Jimmy Carter Quote Hoax: Tax Dollars to Help Poor, ‘Country Based on Christian Values’ is Fake

Jimmy Carter Quote Hoax: Tax Dollars to Help Poor, ‘Country Based on Christian Values’ is Fake
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton arrive at the Let Freedom Ring ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was 50 years ago today when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the memorial. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Jack Phillips
2/28/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

Former President Jimmy Carter never was quoted as saying that U.S. tax dollars should help the poor or “stop saying that you want a country based on Christian values.”

“If you don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying that you want a country based on Christian values. Because you don’t!” the full quote reads.

The quote was inserted on top of a photo of Carter and was being shared this week.

According to hoax-debunking website Snopes, the quote actually was from comedian John Fugelsang.

“Fincher and the GOP ... cut services for the poor and taxes for the rich. And it’s a free country. They’re allowed. But if you don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values. Because you don’t. And that’s why representative Fincher is our ’revoltingly fake Christian of the week'!” he said on a Current TV show in May 2013.

Fugelsang added: “So during a recent House agricultural committee debate, he decided to show how Christian it is to turn your back on unemployed suffering Americans by quoting one of the favorite Bible passages of revoltingly fake right-wing Christians — 2 Thessalonians 3:10 — ”anyone unwilling to work should not eat." 

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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