In fact, Garlow and Barton went even further, asserting a biblical underpinning for an approach to economics that is probably even further to the Right than many Tea Party activists. Taxation and deficit spending, they said, amount to theft. The estate tax, Barton said, is "absolutely condemned" by the Bible as the "most immoral" of taxes. Jesus, he said, had "teachings" condemning the capital gains tax and minimum wage. This, he declared, was "a great election for biblical values."