Universal Basic Income, Fairness and the Bible by Author Rev. Paul J. Bern from my book “ The Middle and Working Class Manifesto 4 th Edition ” By now many of you have already heard about this rejuvenated idea known as a universal basic income, or UBI. The UBI was first proposed by Rev. Dr. King, Jr. back in the mid-1960's. The basic premise is that the UBI would make unemployment and poverty a thing of the past, and that the burden of providing unemployment insurance would be shifted from the states to the federal government. In a 2018 article from the Web site The Balance ( thebalance.com ), I offer the following explanation of this idea: “ Economist Milton Friedman proposed a negative income tax. The poor would receive a tax credit if their income fell below a minimum level. It would be equivalent to the tax payment for the families earning above the minimum level. In 2018, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes outlined his plan in his book "Fair Shot." ...

Announcing the Social Gospel Blog by Rev. Paul J. Bern: the Evolution of the Message As the title says, I wish to announce the initializing of my new blog, “The Social Gospel Blog” (or Vlog on Patreon.com, video's will be forthcoming). This new blog replaces both of my old ones, “The 99% Blog” and, “The Progressive Christian Blog”. Under my former setup, the Progressive Christian blog was aimed at Christian believers who aren't necessarily conservatives (and there's a lot of believers like that). The 99% Blog had a more secular overtone. This was in order to invite nonbelievers, agnostics and even atheists to read what I have to say as well as how I say it. Both blogs had the same content, but with slightly different titles, different graphics, and often using different keywords in their tagging and categorization since they were aimed at different audiences. But I also have a rich prayer life, and I'm telling you truthfully that God is having me t...