Who would spend a lifetime following 10 rules that almost insure poverty if followed correctly .?
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I assume you mean the ten commandments?\n\nYes, hundreds of millions follow such a lifestyle, regardless of race, religion or location.  \n\nI consider myself to be a Christian, but my faith was shaken when I lost my family to my wife's lust.  However, I have not let it shake my integrity.  I treat each person like they are my best friend, until they show me cause to do otherwise.  I never lie, cheat or steal anything.  I conduct my personal and professional life as I wish everyone else would.\n\nI may never become rich, because of this, but I will be remembered well by my friends and business partners.\n\nYou are correct, even though it appears we may reside on opposite sides of the isle, integrity, respect, and honesty are sadly lacking in society today.  But I bellieve that the vast majority do conduct themselves well.  I have to, or what are we trying to save?
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Good question! \n\nIslam prescribes a system of Zakaat (obligatory annual charity). Islamic law prescribes that every person who has a saving that exceeds the nisaab level i.e. more than 85 grams of gold, should give 2.5% of that saving every lunar year in charity. If every rich person in the world gave Zakaat sincerely, poverty will be eradicated from this world. Not a single human being would die of hunger.\n\nFurthermore, Quran encourages rich people in several places. to spend their wealth on poor peoples other than the compulsory 2.5 % amount  E.g. 2:254 , 8:3-4 , 3:92 , 9:99 , 2:3, 2:195, 4:39, 13:22, 14:31, 22:35, 28:54 2:43, 2:83, 2:110, 2:177, 2:262-265, 2:267, 2:270-274, 2:277, 3:92, 3:134, 4:39, 5:12, 5:55, 9:5, 9:18, 9:60, 9:71, 9:121, 21:73, 22:41, 22:78, 24:37, 27:3, 30:38-39, 31:4, 36:47, 41:7, 47:36-38, 51:19, 52:40, 57:7, 57:10-12, 63:10, 64:16-17, 73:20, 76:8, 92:18, 98:5, 107:7\n\n“And establish the Prayer and pay the Due-alms and bow with those who bow“ \n(Quran 2:43)
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It's a good idea. I feel a flat tax should be on all income with no exemptions. It should be imposed on all income above what is determined to be the poverty level plus 10%.
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Follow the golden rule.
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you ask a very interesting question I have wondered about too.  It could go 1 of 2 ways I think.\n\nThe first way could be that people knew they only had to depend on themselves and become much better at conservation, saving money for rainy days, and teaching the value of the dollar to their kids.\n\nThe other way would be the very poor who lost everything would be very jealous and angry at the rich, it could start wars, much more crime and things could get ugly.\n\nWhat I think would happen is both ways.  I think the conservative, value conscious people would save and work hard and hope for the best in a disaster, and some would steal and hurt others in order to steal what they needed.
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Suit up, Show up, and above all else the golden rule...treat others the way you want to be treated, keep your prospective.  I follow this formula: God, family, and career.
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I would have all of the world's corporate criminals, corrupt politicians, sadists, and the murderously delusional executed. Then I would reform all of society so everyone has an equal opportunity to obtain health care, education, and a home. Finally, I would promote the development of technologies that allow everyone to live in comfort without negatively impacting the environment.
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One of the most devastating problems facing the entire world today is the spread of slums - ghettos - and poverty, and starvation.\n\n I would write a steel solid business plan - - it would take weeks or months just to write the plan, to get it right. \n\nThen I would spend the money to stop the spread of these slums and ghettos and all that come with it. \n\nMaybe I would have constructed some type of special neighborhoods or community-run citypods, anyway it would take much more thought and planning but that's what I would do with the money.
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they need to save 80% if they arent going to work after that and plan on living another 40 years afterward.\n\nIf they plan to work after that then they should just try and save up enough so that when they retire in 30 years they will have enough. This might be simple or diffucult depending on how much they make.
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The first one should be trust! Everything else depends on every person....
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I like these:\n\nGreat opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily. - Sally Koch\n\nWisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. - David Star Jordan\n\nIf you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for 10 years, plant a tree. If you plan for 100 years, educate a child. - Chinese proverb
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Ban: cell phones, cars, cigarettes and television\n\nRequire: \n1. Every citizen, on their 18th birthday, has to live at least one year in another country-for example, every American must spend one year in a third world country.\n2.  All jobs, no matter whether a lawyer, an athlete, a bus driver, etc. would have the exact same salary. No work would be considered any more monetarily valuable than any other.\n3.  Every citizen would have full quality health care.
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It should be above bare subsistence, and then indexed to inflation. Then politicians would not have to seek increases every few years, and it would not matter which party was in power; people in covered jobs would have a living wage.
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www.millenniumpromise.org\n\nAlso, I highly recommend reading "The End of Poverty," by Jeffrey Sachs.  He's an economist and a big wheel at the UN and also a professor at Columbia University.  I got the book out of the library just to have something to read.  I wasn't expecting much.  I stayed up until 4:00 a.m. reading, got a little sleep and finished the book at midnight.
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The 10 commandments of the bible can be applied to all situations including social relations, in fact, if we all followed them we would have a wonderful world and incredible relationships.
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How about sacrificing and working hard to get ahead just like everyone else does regardless of race, creed, religion, national origin, etc, etc, etc ...
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I would teach people to be tolerant of others, too respect the diversity and differences of the human race....hoping to ensure that everyone lived in relative peace, acceptance and tranquility......\n\nCan dream can't I.   .... coz I know it will never happen.mores the pity.