And if you don't have a "job" because you're working on making yourself rich by employing other people, try imagining for a moment that those "other people" you're hiring had no reliable access to education, or no assurance that they'd be able to pay to educate their kids.

There are an awful lot of benefits to everyone in giving the general populace a passable education and access to basic health care. Once folks' basic needs in life are met, they are rather more likely to dedicate themselves to the causes you recruit them for (political, business, whatever).

(So come on, USA, how about re-routing a fraction of the money you're burning in Iraq & Afghanistan into education & health care?)