Fair Warning to the Rich
Fair Warning to All Rich Oppressors; Not From Myself, But From God
by Pastor Paul J. Bern
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It’s been a long time — many months — since I have written a piece about economic inequality. Lately I have been distracted by the war in Ukraine, the immigration crisis at America’s southern border, the injustice of the Drug War, and self-help articles like my recent anti-gun-violence blog post “What America Needs is Some Anger Management Classes”, which you can read from here. First, let me give you a few relevant links regarding the scourge of inequality in the US, which has the dubious distinction of being one of the most unequal countries in which to live on the entire planet.
- According to the US Census bureau, 2021 income inequality increased for the first time since 2011. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/09/income-inequality-increased.html
- Current trends in income, wealth and inequality show a continuing widening of the wealth gap in the US. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/01/09/trends-in-income-and-wealth-inequality/
- The rise in income and wealth polarization is documented in detail in the following article…