Kill the Economy

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46. Poor impulse control

John Wesley worked to combat poverty. He taught the poor simple money management, typically paraphrased, “Earn all you can; Save all you can; Give all you can.” (A classic socialist, Wesley believed that people who were financially successful should be generous to those who were not.)

He despaired that he was successful in teaching the first 2, but not as successful with the 3rd.

[font face=Serif][font size=3]… Of the three rules which are laid down on this head … you may find many that observe the First rule, namely, "Gain all you can." You may find a few that observe the Second, "Save all you can:"' But how many have you found that observe the Third rule, "Give all you can?" Have you reason to believe, that five hundred of these are to be found among fifty thousand Methodists? And yet nothing can be more plain, than that all who observe the two first rules without the third, will be twofold more the children of hell than ever they were before.

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