Jordan Ballor, associate editor of the Journal of Markets & Morality, discusses President Bush's final State of the Union speech, focusing especially on the moral questions of proposed federal tax rebates and long-term tax cuts. Ballor asserts that private citizens in general are better stewards of their own financial resources and that keeping tax burdens low is a key function of a responsible government.

A play-by-play transcript of the State of the Union address is available at the Acton PowerBlog. Your comments and thoughts are welcome.