The end of barbarism: a maximum wage of 20.000 $ Western civilization is based on Jewish-Christian roots.

If we take it seriously and honestly, then we have to adhere to essential Christian and Jewish norms and values. In the words of pope Francis most important Christian values are We love those who are hostile to us We bless those who speak ill of us We !reet with a smile those who may not deserve it We do not aim to assert ourselves" rather we oppose arro!ance with meekness We for!et the humiliations that we have endured.

If all men should respect these words, then our world would be a paradise. #he Jewish norms and values are !oin! in the same sense. #hey can be conveyed by $evinas% assertion &For others, in spite of myself, from myself%. #hat means that a man is responsible for his nei!hbors and this responsibility is without limits and never ends. We must !ive up the soverei!nty of the e!o and turn toward the 'ther. #he 'ther that means my nei!hbors, people far away and the future !enerations who will have to live on the planet we have leaved for them. (ein! human is to substitute my own needs for the fulfillment of the needs of other people. It is clear that all these values are undermined by the values of our current society, especially in our consumer society. 'f course we have to develop ourselves and we must earn a livin! and more than that, because if we have nothin!, than we cannot !ive. It is thanks to our rationality that western society prosper and can help other nations, e.!. the developin! countries. (ut if we take our Jewish and Christian values seriously, then politics and economy take another sense. )olitics is no more a stru!!le between adversaries, but a common pro*ect to brin! peace and well-bein!. +conomy is no more a ,uestion of ruthless competition, but a shared responsibility to end poverty and misery in the world. $uckily most of us practice these love for our nei!hbors in their daily life. -ost parents love unconditionally their children" many men and women love each other &till death do us part%. .nd there is very much solidarity in the world, e.!. when a disaster has hit a re!ion. +vil, that is what is opposite to the Jewish and Christian norms and values, be!ins when people act out of self-interest. When they for!et that the sense of our live is to be at the service of others. +ven when our prosperity is based on

reciprocal and shared self-interest, - as proclaimed by conservatives or liberals -, then too many people are mar!inalized. It is a shame for human civilization that in the /0st century there are still billions of people who cannot live a decent life. It is a shame that so many children have no opportunity for !ood education. -illions of people immi!rate to rich countries, but that is not a solution. .n immi!rant is in principle someone who retreat from his responsibility for his fellow-men. #herefore, there can be no doubt about what is needed to brin! peace and well-bein! in all countries of the world. #hat is first of all a more *ust distribution of wealth and secondly a return of all immi!rants to their countries of ori!in. #he first measure will make possible an endurin! and massive solidarity with the returnin! immi!rants so that they can build up their countries. . ma1imum wa!e of /2.222 3 a month, inclusive the revenues of property and effects, is necessary to make an end to evil in the world. What one earns above this sum will be ta1ed for 022 percent. When this measure will be accepted, each country will have a hu!e amount of money to promote solidarity amon! the world population and to promote !ood stewardship of our ecosystem so that it will be preserved for future !enerations. -embers of )arliament, the !overnment and civil servants can !ive the e1ample by limitin! their wa!es to the modal income of their country. +1tremely rich people in the -iddle +ast and in developin! countries should distribute farm land to the people and spend the revenues of oil and other raw materials for the education of the children and the creation of employment in their countries. #he returned immi!rants will play a crucial role for makin! this possible. -ore about this in the followin! te1t . common responsibiltiy for +uropeans and -uslims 4 $ink http 55www.scribd.com5doc5/2607//885.-commonresponsibility-for-+uropeans-and--uslims 9