If all the money in the world were redistributed evenly, would we all be kind of poor?
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I think it depends. If it was only the wealth of individuals & families, like Bill Gates, the Waltons (Wal Mart), Oprah & the British Royal Family, Everyone would probably be working poor level-one paycheck from disaster. If it was governments & institutions as well, like Saudi Arabia, the US and the Vatican, we'd probably be moderately well off. I read somewhere once that if the Vatican liquidated (and assuming they had the same income they have now), they could support South America FOREVER.\n\nThis was an interesting question, and I like your kitty.
585885
If money makes the world go round, then my world is flat - because I'm flat broke!
560957
Nope. The rich and poor countries are intertwined whether they like it or not. The rich need the poor to exploit and the poor need the rich in order to be exploited. There would not be one without the other.
584671
Yes we should. I believe that we should help those in need if we can. Imagine what they have to go through. Would you want to have to go through that on a daily basis. \n\nI'm not saying everyone has to be like us but at least give them the chance to have a good standard of living.
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THERE WOULD BE AN ALIANCE OF ALL NATIONS , WE WOULD SHARE JUST LIKE AS IF WE LIVED UNDER ONE ROOF IN A HOUSE WITH OUR PARENTS , WE WOULD HELP ONE ANOTHER BRING OURSELVES UP OUT OF SOME OF THE TOUGHEST MOST CRITICAL ISSUSES WE FACE IN ALL THESE NATIONS TODAY..
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if we start treating every human being equal to us in all respects,i think world would be a better place to live.
609810
Because that would make everyone in the world more greedy.  If everything was free, people would think there was no problems, but there would be.  It's true when people say money makes the world go 'round, because there would be no love for other people.  People would just care about the free stuff, not each other and their health.  Does that answer your question?
668727
Would the core values of various cultures differ all that much? We all need food, clothes, transportation, employment, etc.
544851
only if he made enough money to support all of us.
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Half the world — nearly three billion people — live on less than two dollars a day. source 1\nThe GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world’s countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined. source 2\nNearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. source 3\nLess than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn't happen. 4\n51 percent of the world’s 100 hundred wealthiest bodies are corporations. source 5\nThe wealthiest nation on Earth has the widest gap between rich and poor of any industrialized nation. source 6\nThe poorer the country, the more likely it is that debt repayments are being extracted directly from people who neither contracted the loans nor received any of the money. source 7\n20% of the population in the developed nations, consume 86% of the world’s goods. source 8\nThe top fifth of the world’s people in the richest countries enjoy 82% of the expanding export trade and 68% of foreign direct investment — the bottom fifth, barely more than 1%. source 9\nIn 1960, the 20% of the world’s people in the richest countries had 30 times the income of the poorest 20% — in 1997, 74 times as much. source 10\nAn analysis of long-term trends shows the distance between the richest and poorest countries was about: \n3 to 1 in 1820\n11 to 1 in 1913\n35 to 1 in 1950\n44 to 1 in 1973\n72 to 1 in 1992 source 11\n“The lives of 1.7 million children will be needlessly lost this year [2000] because world governments have failed to reduce poverty levels” source 12\nThe developing world now spends $13 on debt repayment for every $1 it receives in grants. source 13\nA few hundred millionaires now own as much wealth as the world’s poorest 2.5 billion people. source 14\n“The 48 poorest countries account for less than 0.4 per cent of global exports.” source 15\n“The combined wealth of the world’s 200 richest people hit $1 trillion in 1999; the combined incomes of the 582 million people living in the 43 least developed countries is $146 billion.” source 16\n“Of all human rights failures today, those in economic and social areas affect by far the larger number and are the most widespread across the world’s nations and large numbers of people.” source 17\n“Approximately 790 million people in the developing world are still chronically undernourished, almost two-thirds of whom reside in Asia and the Pacific.” source 18\nAccording to UNICEF, 30,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.”\n\nThat is about 210,000 children each week, or just under 11 million children under five years of age, each year. source 19\n\nFor economic growth and almost all of the other indicators, the last 20 years [of the current form of globalization, from 1980 - 2000] have shown a very clear decline in progress as compared with the previous two decades [1960 - 1980]. For each indicator, countries were divided into five roughly equal groups, according to what level the countries had achieved by the start of the period (1960 or 1980). Among the findings: \nGrowth: The fall in economic growth rates was most pronounced and across the board for all groups or countries.\nLife Expectancy: Progress in life expectancy was also reduced for 4 out of the 5 groups of countries, with the exception of the highest group (life expectancy 69-76 years).\nInfant and Child Mortality: Progress in reducing infant mortality was also considerably slower during the period of globalization (1980-1998) than over the previous two decades.\nEducation and literacy: Progress in education also slowed during the period of globalizatio
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Not if they keep taxing the rich and feeding the poor, 'til there are no rich no more. You need money to become a superpower. In other words with all the socialism going on and stifling the free market, they aren't likely to become a 'super power'.
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If our society changed to another form of currency, than the new form would be considered the "root of all evil."  This phrase is based on that everyone wants money; to survive or just have that nice, new gadget.  It makes others do crazy things to get it, whether working all day and nite or even cheating or stealing.  Unfortunately there is no simple solution to solve the problem with distributing currency equally, because of greed and envy.
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I disagree with your premise...I see wealth being redistributed all the time.\n\nIndividuals who were born poor are constantly finding ways to change their circumstance and their tax bracket.  It happens ridiculously often, at least here in the States.  Remember, if you have nothing, it's hard to get any poorer.  So these folks have little to risk, and everything to gain from starting a business.  The poor make arguably the best small business owners.\n\nOn the other side, the rich stop getting richer when they die, and in many, many cases their heirs quickly "redistribute" their fortunes, often squandering a lifetime of wealth in a few short years.
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Uhh.. They probably still would..\nWe are the shining jewel in the world\n\nSo much food, we have problems from being fat\n\nSo much money, we worry about filling our SUV's with gas\n\nSo much freedom, we look like a divided nation because everyone can speek their minds.\n\nSo much prosperity, someone with a HOUSE, FOOD, MEDICAL CARE, FOUR CHILDREN ALL OVERWEIGHT,  can be considered poor.\n\nSo much welfare placed on our children, they actually rebel and DONT want to goto school, to learn and grow.\n\nthere are other great countries, but this is the dream for many people standing right outside our counrty with nothing to look forward to.  \n\nThey will come, the only thing is will we let them in?
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I know this is probably stupid, but i worry about money all the time. As much as people don't want to admit it, money does make the world go round.Without money, you could loose many things because you couldnt afford to take care of it. I'm always worried about bills being paid or being able to buy my children what they need. I quess that just makes me human.
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Every country is in debt. We are the richest country in the World.
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No, I wouldn't. People have a habit of taking the easiest way to anything and it makes them weak. Sure, the money is nice today but over time you lose the ability to fend for yourself. You lose the ability to go out and earn your own way in this world. So waht happens when the government cuts the free funds?\n\nAlso, there is no such thing as free. It gets paid by somebody somewhere, always. If they are giving it to me they are taking it from somebody else. That's wrong.