In our society today! Why is "money" always the bottom line?
336185
In the word of Wu Tang ...\n\nC - cash \nR - rules\nE - everything\nA - around\nM - me\n\nI don't agree with it, but if you can't fight 'em .. best join 'em!
375271
so you mean to tell us that you're surprised that those with power and money aim to keep it?  why should todays society be any different from the way society has been throughout human history
272875
Money is the root of evil. But no one can survive without money. And without money happiness is hard to find. Really.
483574
There's an old expression that you are worth exactly how much you make.  The American economic system is based on free enterprise.  You need to learn to market yourself effectively.
116597
this phenomenon is because we were raised in a society that seems to reward greed.  The more things you have supposedly the better off you are.  So it seems natural that this infused value begins to show through in our attitudes and emotions.  It's just been part of our life that material thigns will make us happy, although once we obtain whatever it is we eventually discover how hollow it turns out to be.  then it's on to the next thing that'll forever change our lives.  Then as we lust for all these material things, somebody's pockets are getting lined with our money.  The little secret they wouldnt' want you to know is that it's really up to an individual to choose to feel satisfied or not regarless of their situation. The old maxim: The ebst thigns in life are free...   now then again so are the worst, nobody ever paid for cancer.  for the sake of not ending on a sour note like that, it's up to the individual.
707740
The common conception is that stingy people are that way because they have no money - because they have to be.  Some of the cheapest people you'll ever meet are rich folks though so in reality it can go either way.  At first it doesn't seem to make sense that a rich person would be stingy but then you have to figure there's a reason they are rich in the first place.  They probably didn't get there by being casual about money.
884523
I think today, more than ever before, money determines class--those that have not (like me) would probably make up the laboring class until technology either removes the need for such a class, or society (the socio-economic entity) evolves to the point where the distinctions become irrelevant...
1041997
You do have a point but to get money you must have a brain. You could have had that guy with money if you had used your brain. You can get free health care or family assistant health care if you use your brain. Don't stereotype middle age low income mothers we do have brains that can get us a SUGAR DADDY that can take care of our needs or we are motivated enough to get a better job to take care of the family. So money is not important it's what you use to get it.
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It would seem the social moral is that money will never bring you happiness, yet so many people pursue money. I know that without money I wouldn't be happy, only because of the stress of living, or lack there of, I don't know if being rich would make me happy because I never have been. I have a pretty good idea that it won't since typically I am happiest doing things where money has minimal concern. But who is to say that money is not the key to making someone else happy? I mean really what makes me happy is more than one thing, it is my activities, friends, how I spend my time (which does consume money), but there are a lot more simple people in the world who are happy for small things, like just living!!!! So, to me no but to others it can.....
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Status is very important.  It is given at birth, and then a person can maintain, fall short, or rise above.  unfortunately, many people do think of a persons financial status as their worth.  \n\nA doctor, for instance, can earn a lot of money, being valued by other people for that reason.\nA doctor working for free, giving help to the people who need it most may have to stand in a welfare line, is he/she not as valuable as the doctor charging too much for his or her services?  NO!\nA preacher in a small town may stand in a welfare line, teaching what he believes to a small and poor group of people.\nA man becomes a preacher, drives a Jaguar, Escelade, and Caddy, is he a better person?  NO, he's a theif from charity!
440420
The love of money is the root of all evil.\n\nNot money itself, but the LOVE or GREED of it.\n\nA person cannot truly be happy in life, if their focus is on "getting" more money.\n\nWe should earn to live, not live to earn.
76943
Because the senators and congressmen don't want to be accused of not bringing in the money for their state. You are absolutely correct, it should go by risk, but the equal distribution isn't that surprising with the government the way it is these days.
660252
Because honey they got all the money.Money comes with POWER.something that we would all like to have however it seems to flow freely to the chosen few.
602229
My opinion is that too many people associate happiness with monetary worth but have their priorities in the wrong order. While it is true that money can provide certain things in life that will in turn bring a type of happiness, the most common mistake is in thinking you have to have money first to be happy. That's a bit rhetorical in that it's easier to be happy first than to have the money first. Not many of us are born with a silver spoon in our mouths so we have to work for living to make this money in order to have the financial freedom that is commonly associated with happiness. Therefore, its my belief, that you first have to be happy with yourself and like what you do to make a living. When these two things take place simultaneously then more often than not you will be good at what it is you do to make money. When you're good at your work then you climb the ladder of financial success and the money comes by virtue of all this.
549829
coz money is everything...without money u cant eat or live..and even man got money for everything he wants ..he will look for more
269592
Is this the one?  People are always trying to get money the old-fashioned way: sue!\n\nhttp://www.entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=5092
1016263
It depends, if you're materialistic. Some are miserable or unsatisfied, how can you explain those who are financially successful but in the end are trying to end their lives?Some may say that money is the root of all evil.Case in point, bank robberies and petty thievery.But it depends.Money is also the root of goodness when used for its purpose:ie, charities and donations.As one saying goes:"MONEY CAN BUY A FINE DOG BUT ONLY LOVE CAN WAG ITS TAIL."