Money is Important!

I believe money is important, money is freedom and money makes life more enjoyable.

You may argue against it, wish it were some other way but without money very little happens.  Perhaps there was a time when that wasn’t true.  The evolution of our world to now says money is the score and the goal.    There are people who believe they should have a hand out for no value in return.  They believe they are worth it.  Maybe, I don’t know.

Clearly, there are ways, legal, ethical and time-tested ways of acquiring money.  Those that solve problems earn more than those who are problems.   The initial step of dreaming appears to be the first step in the equation.  Is it possible that the next action is joining a mob or robbing a bank?   It must be because people set out to acquire money that way and yes, getting a job has been the most recent approved way.  However, it appears to be the current form of slavery where numerous organizations claim a portion of your earnings because you were born some place.

‘Fair’ depends on whom you talk to and what they believe to be true and that is a function of core principles taught.  Once upon a time, the dream of a place where all your efforts were yours came true.  There was sucking sound heard round the world and people left everything behind to go to a land of opportunity.  What you earned was yours. 

Something happened about a hundred years ago.  Many things happened actually but ever since what you keep is decided by someone else.  Your birthright to this new slavery doesn’t have your signature or agreement nor is it even thought as appropriate to ask. It is your ‘duty’ to supply the complete accounting of your life and argue how much you get to keep.  Suddenly the harder you work the smaller the percentage becomes you get to keep. This is odd, very odd to me.

Part of this ‘game’ is to figure out how to not only earn it but also keep it.   It is also odd that what they let you keep they also decide what you can and cannot purchase.   Do you know how difficult it is to donate to a charity anonymously?  Try paying cash for everything for just the next thirty days.