I agree, but the cost of living including the cost of goods would have to be universally equal also then.

>>But wealth would have to be equally distributed on a regular basis or else the poor would end up poor again once they spent all of their wealth on plasma tvs in every room, surround sound systems, new cars, designer clothing, dvd machines...
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>I don't advocate forcing the redistribution of wealth. But a worldwide labor union, such as you have suggested, would naturally level the playing field not just in jobs but the pay for those jobs as well. This is what I see as a natural evolution of our present situation.
>As for the chronically poor, even Jesus, 2000 years ago, recognized the fact that there will always be that segment of the population. But a wage earner in malaysia or africa today makes many times less than his or her opposite in developed countries. These are the poor that will be uplifted (all other things being equal) by a natural redistribution of wealth.