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Taking patent, trademark, and copyright laws to what they were in, say, 1790, might be a good start.
Regard today's billionaires with the same contempt that one does of criminals.
Wait at least 5 years before buying a new computer.
Don't pay by credit card.
This is bad advice for anyone with good credit and spending habits. A credit card with rewards is just free money if you're responsible with it. I haven't paid interest in over a decade and have made thousands from rewards.
I'm not too familiar with credit cards, do you mean this in a literal money sense or something more complex, i.e. the value of rewards & money?
One of the better credit card rewards is a small percentage cash back, so literally free money. Money is fungible though, so any discounts on things you were going to buy anyway are effectively the same thing.
We pay for EVERYTHING on our credit card, shared account with my partner. 2% money back. Pay it off in full every month. Zero interest paid, thousands of monies back.