In 1996, an Iraqi man named Sam Eisho moved to Australia and used the welfare system as income. Some years later, he became successful and wrote a cheque for more than $18,000 to the Australian Government (every cent they gave him).
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The CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots. During an interview, he said "We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics."
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In Japan, it is tradition for husbands to get a monthly allowance from their wives.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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