Doesn't the Jewish faith suggest something along this line? The Mormon church signals prosperity by building ostentatious churches, and many Mormons seem unusually ambitious and driven. I wish I had 1% of Mitten's unbridled ambition. I have no clue what his thought process might be, what motivates him to be such a vulture weasel.
From what I learned the Saducees did not believe in the Resurrection of the body as did the Pharasees. The respresentation of this was that this life was all we had, so the better off one was, the better life one had, was the manifestation of heaven on earth...because there was no more.
That's not what Jews believe today, I understand.
...Poverty, for the rabbis, was a curse, with no saving graces. Poverty does not ennoble; it demeans. Therefore, the poor must be helped to escape from their poverty — through education, training, the creation of employment opportunities, and help in starting their own businesses...