I must say that I really like that Einstein quote: "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them"

I keep a book of my favourite quotes and this one has just been added.

Excellent points too on the futility of throwing money at problems. I have seen it here in Ireland now over many years with our health system. More and more money thrown at a problem by politicians, but the same civil servants remain in place who don't really want change and the problems continue to fester like hundreds of people stuck in emergency departments in our hospitals without a bed they so badly need. No matter how many beds are added, the problem abounds, as they don't get to the core of the issues and continue to throw more and more money at it.

Giving away wealth isn't an optimal way to distribute resources, but rather a symptom of the disease itself. Such a tactic ironically increases centralization and solidifies complete dependency on the state.

Well said, I know of an Irish charity who does not blindly give money to third world countries, but rather spends time there setting up schools and teaching the people how to set up farms or enterprises, so that they can eventually stand on their own two feet.