100 Reasons

What reasons could convince humanity to give up money tomorrow?

How about these?

  1. No bankruptcy of people, companies, towns, cities, states or countries
  2. No begging for charity
  3. You could care for aging parents or sick relatives with no loss of income
  4. No struggle to “make ends meet
  5. A person’s value would not be tied to income
  6. No more child or slave labor
  7. No more welfare mindset
  8. No need for lotteries or casinos
  9. No homeless people
  10. No worries about your credit rating
  11. No more “keeping up with the Joneses
  12. No more advertisements interrupting your daily life!
  13. No more offshore accounts to hide illegal gains
  14. No need to impress everyone with your expensive “toys
  15. No need to rely on a second job to survive
  16. No need for Christmas baskets for low income families during the holiday period
  17. You could repair — not scrap — electronic appliances
  18. Everyone would stop trying to “make a fast buck
  19. Everything would literally be price-less
  20. No get-rich-quick schemes
  21. No need for robots or AI to replace workers in order to reduce employment costs
  22. No incentive to hold anyone hostage for a ransom
  23. No more backroom deals
  24. No more bribes to promote unethical behavior
  25. No more human trafficking for the sex or slave trades
  26. No more Ponzi (i.e., pyramid) schemes
  27. Power would not be in the hands of the wealthy
  28. No more “repo” businesses
  29. No more piracy of software, movies, and music
  30. No more spammers or hackers trying to defraud you
  31. No more trademark and copyright protections
  32. No more ransomware
  33. No motivation to steal intellectual property
  34. No need for identity theft
  35. No need to steal or covet another’s possessions because they would be available to everyone
  36. There would be no need for “equal pay for equal work” based on gender, race, etc.
  37. We would no longer worry about the “fine print” in contracts
  38. No more fair-weather friends who value your bank account over your relationship
  39. No more need for credit or loans
  40. No enslavement to the “rat race
  41. Development would be guided by need, not greed
  42. No need for retirement savings
  43. An end to unaffordable health care and to hospital ward closures
  44. Families need not worry about living in squalor
  45. Hard-to-afford or orphan drugs would be easily available
  46. Humanitarian aid would get to those who need it
  47. No complaints of “immigrants stealing our jobs!
  48. People would not go hungry because they could not afford groceries
  49. Recalled products would be removed from shelves without loss of profits
  50. You could choose healthier foods because they weren’t more expensive
  51. Companies would not cut back on employee benefits to improve their profit margins
  52. No need to ration food, gas, and other supplies until the next payday
  53. No more obscene salaries for CEOs and professional athletes
  54. No deteriorating infrastructures and road networks
  55. Technological advancements would not be blocked for lack of funding
  56. Innovation would not be a threat to old technology
  57. Research groups would not have to beg for funds to continue valuable work
  58. Banks would no longer exist
  59. You would not have to leave a job you love because it did not pay enough
  60. No influence peddling in politics
  61. Companies would not be guided by profit and shareholders
  62. Critical job positions would not be abolished for lack of funding
  63. Employment would not be tied to the economy
  64. Layoffs would not mean an end to livelihood
  65. Local businesses would not have to close due to new mall construction
  66. No longer tying one’s fortune to stock performance
  67. No more corporate monopolies
  68. No more putting profits ahead of workplace safety
  69. No more food waste caused by market pricing
  70. No need for social security or employment insurance
  71. No need to hunt for the highest-paying job
  72. No need to move whole families in search of work
  73. No loss of income for calling in sick if you don’t have job benefits
  74. Maternity and paternity leaves would be determined by the child’s — not the corporation’s — needs
  75. Companies with great products would not fail due to cash flow problems
  76. No job would not mean starvation or bankruptcy
  77. You would not have to beg for a raise
  78. Lawyers would be motivated only by pure justice and not by high financial settlements
  79. An end to words like “unaffordable“, “expensive“, “budget“, etc.
  80. You could vacation anywhere in the world
  81. Concepts such as third-world economy would no longer exist
  82. Younger workers won’t need to support an aging population through contributions to social security plans
  83. No need for illegal drugs to escape a life of quiet desperation
  84. Relief for natural disasters would not stall due to lack of state funds
  85. No need for austerity measures
  86. You would not be stuck at a job you hated because you had bills to pay
  87. No need for fair-trade protections
  88. Election campaigns would not be influenced by “big money
  89. Families and friendships would not break down over financial issues
  90. Relatives would not fight over inheritances
  91. Newspapers would not close down due to a lack of advertising revenues
  92. There would be more time for family and friends
  93. No price gouging for essential supplies during catastrophic events
  94. No more hashtags like #luxurylife, #billionairetoys, #richkidsofinstagram, #narcostyle, etc.
  95. A wage earner would not have to leave their family in search of distant work
  96. No credit card debt
  97. Special-needs programs would not be cancelled due to lack of funding
  98. No popular uprisings due to economic struggles
  99. No more market volatility or unpredictability
  100. No more taxes!!!

… and this is just a small sampling.

If you could add another worthwhile reason, what would it be?

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