What Would Happen if Everyone on the World Earned the Same Wage?

or Ten Reasons Why it Could Be A Good Idea to Have a Global Wage

1. We would all have enough to survive on (approximately $ 6987 per annum - the average wage globally in 2005 according to Finfacts: Ireland’s Business and Financial Portal)
2. We wouldn’t need to work so hard, because what would be the point? And most people work hard to earn more money. Australians now work the most hours in the industrialised world. Those who love working hard, well that’s nice too
3. We could all do what we love, as we are all getting the same money anyway
4. We could do away with charities, because any left over money circulating would automatically go into charities. That means all the people doing all that great charity work could instead take a nice vacation in the Bahamas
5. If every sick, old, disabled person in the world had $6987 each year, ditto above.
6. If every poor person in the world had $6987 each year, most of the charities would have to disband anyway, so ditto ditto above and above. Poverty would automatically be history, so we could go to rock concerts just to hear the music
7. We could do it initially by taxing everyone over $6987 so that the extra money would be immediately redistributed to those who don’t get that amount.
8. If everyone eared the same amount of money, and that was guaranteed, people would be more inclined to do their dream job - the thing they are passionate about - and that would automatically create a happier and healthier society. For more on how this works, see the blog and article in Issue 12 of Action Change entitled ‘Passionate Employment.’
9. Most wars would cease because there would be no more `greater than’ and ‘less than’. We could all do what we choose with our $6987. There would be no power plays because there would be no money to be gained from them. If for instance, the US decided to invade another oil rich country, they’d just have to put the extra money earned back to those countries that were under the average wage.
10. Crime would pretty much cease straight away, as most people who commit crime are coming from a position of impoverishment. If we all had enough money to survive, the fear of not being able to survive would be removed. Those with a mental illness that incites crime could afford treatment, as they would be earning $6987, and so would the therapist! (i.e. it would be in everyone’s means to receive treatment)