Money.

I've always had this one theory.

It was kinda like communism,

Except not.

Communism is all about people recieving the amount of pay equal to what they need.

Example,

A heart surgeon who lives by himself recieves X amount of money per year.

A garbage man with 5 children recieves 5X amount of money.

Because he simply needs more to survive.

But what's wrong with this is then the surgeon realizes:

"What? I get a fifth of what a garbage man makes? But I do more work! I guess if that's how it is, then I'll just do 1/5 of the work I usually do. Fair's fair, right?"

And then there are people with surgical tools sticking out of their chests because there's a pissed off doctor.

Now for my idea.

I say, get rid of money altogether.

Make everything free, so to speak.

People are allowed to take what they need, and some of what they want.

People obviously still work, just not for money.

They work for the welfare of everyone.

If everyone is curteous (sp?), then everyone will be happy to work.

Because then the thoughts are

"Well, if I stop working, then someone may suffer for it. What if that someone happens to be me? I like to live like this! I won't stop working! I must let people live a happy life!"

I know that sounds really corny and unrealistic, but that's what I think people should be like.

Anyway.

If people can take what they want and need, then people won't have a need to be jealous for others.

If someone says

"Man, that's a nice watch. I wish I had one like that."

He could go out and get one.

Also, there would be no poverty, because people would have what they need.

People would work, make the stuff, which other people would get, which would make them happy, they'd go to work and make stuff, make other people happy, work, get stuff, work, get stuff.

So on and so forth.

There are obvious flaws, like with human nature.

Someone would obviously go out and say

"That's nice, I want that."

Then someone would say

"Ooh, that's nice. I want something nicer, though."

And there'd be this chain of greed that just recedes into infinity.

Sure there are flaws,

but what makes us so perfect?