I wouldn't. I know quite a few people who have recieved "sharing" as it is with no job and perfect physical health. I knew them personally, and they were lazy and they believed they "deserved" more than they got, even though they already had a 72 inch TV and were growing fat from all the good food. I grew up poor, and worse off because my mother refused food stamps and we lived off just her waitress wages. I feel I came out better for it. I understand the value of a dollar.
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I wouldn't. I know quite a few people who have recieved "sharing" as it is with no job and perfect physical health. I knew them personally, and they were lazy and they believed they "deserved" more than they got, even though they already had a 72 inch TV and were growing fat from all the good food. I grew up poor, and worse off because my mother refused food stamps and we lived off just her waitress wages. I feel I came out better for it. I understand the value of a dollar.
In theory, a sharing society would work. In practice, there are too many leeches that don't pull their own weight, but demand that others pull it for them. People like this are why Communism doesn't work.

Each of your four questions deserves an answer.
Question 1. I hope everyone gets the correct answer to this question. That is a failed philosophy. So of course not.

Question 2. It has been several decades since I have done the math on this. When you do it, you will see that the result in not even close to what you would regard as a reasonable standard of living.
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Each of your four questions deserves an answer.
Question 1. I hope everyone gets the correct answer to this question. That is a failed philosophy. So of course not.

Question 2. It has been several decades since I have done the math on this. When you do it, you will see that the result in not even close to what you would regard as a reasonable standard of living.

Question 3. I would give up wealth. I give to God what God requires and by my studies it is about 2.4 times what is commonly taught.
Giving to charity is an entirely separate matter. Helping my fellow beings is a duty. I am very choosy about my charities. Their overhead must be between percentages that have been established as good management, for example. And I must have a feeling for the cause.

Question 4. I certainly would not like to be forced to give up my wealth. I expect to use it to take good care of my family. If it were forced, I would not have studied hard or worked hard. That would be pointless. (one reason why the philosophy fails over time)

If it were forced, I trust that God would find a way to overflow my cup anew a bit. That seems to be His law.

I'm not wealthy, so I have to pretend I am to answer this one. I've done some research on this one for a question I asked awhile back. If everyone in North America pooled their money and divided it evenly, every household would have a net annual income of $70,000. I think this would be fantastic! But I wonder if rich people would feel that way!

Just wouldn't work.... The ones working really really hard to bring up the numbers would stop busting their butts so that the others can have more and he could have less.

I would never think twice about giving up my wealth, if I were wealthy, if it would help someone in need....I don't care if someone is better off than I am, as long as they love God and their country and help others in need....

Schemes to redistribute the wealth have been around for a long time and none have worked from the USSR to our Indian reservations. When people live communally, where no one owns anything and "the people" own everything; where everyone is to share equally it is seen that no one works, no one cares about any property because he knows it is not his, "Let someone else take care it. It is not mine."

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Schemes to redistribute the wealth have been around for a long time and none have worked from the USSR to our Indian reservations. When people live communally, where no one owns anything and "the people" own everything; where everyone is to share equally it is seen that no one works, no one cares about any property because he knows it is not his, "Let someone else take care it. It is not mine."

Capitalism with some regulation is the best system because everyone has equal opportunity so everyone tries to do something of worth, learn a marketable skill or develop a business.

The problem in leaving everything to government is that government employees become arrogant in time and don't want to be bothered with your questions and problems, much less solve them. So, we are better off having as few of these people as we can. We need some, but not as many as we now have.

No more than I am already.......

I pay a lot of taxes, and give generously to charities. From this "wealth" which represents many years of my life that I traded for financial security.

So the real question is: would I be willing to trade a more substantial po...

No more than I am already.......

I pay a lot of taxes, and give generously to charities. From this "wealth" which represents many years of my life that I traded for financial security.

So the real question is: would I be willing to trade a more substantial portion of my life for a (more) sharing society...? No.