WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CHEATERS

Robert Reich in REASON relates an anecdote about one of his former law school classmates who now works for a big DC law firm that has offices in several other countries. The lawyer brags about how the firm fiddles the accounting to put all the losses in the U.S. and all the profit overseas and that drastically lowers the taxes the firm pays.

I posted before a passage from Acts of the Apostles that shows the earliest Christians were socialists and just after those passages, there's a description of what happened to a couple who tried to hide some of their money.

Acts of the Apostles
Chapter 5

1 But a man named Ananias, with the consent of his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property; 2 with his wife's knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds, and brought only a part and laid it at the apostles' feet. 3 "Ananias," Peter asked, "why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land? 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, were not the proceeds at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You did not lie to us F41 but to God!" 5 Now when Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard of it. 6 The young men came and wrapped up his body, F42 then carried him out and buried him. 7 After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 Peter said to her, "Tell me whether you and your husband sold the land for such and such a price." And she said, "Yes, that was the price." 9 Then Peter said to her, "How is it that you have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out." 10 Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. When the young men came in they found her dead, so they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.