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Yeah I don’t know. Having money gives you options, and allows you to have nice things and take care of the people you love.

Having money is better than not having money. The only thing I’d say about money is that it makes you more of what you already are. If you’re a degenerate but you don’t have the means to gamble away a fortune or get into hard drugs or buy endless whores and be a sex fiend, then it’s probably good if you don’t have a lot of money. But you’re still that person to some degree- you just can’t indulge yourself because you don’t have the means. And if you did have the means you’d probably wind up like Charlie Sheen or something.


Money is like anything. It’s just a tool. It’s the person wielding the tool that matters. A hammer can build a home. Or it can kill someone. It’s all about the person using it.

Agreed.

Power, and the pursuit of power, is the root of all evil.  Money is a tool to acquire and hold power.

I agree it's not a red state-blue state thing.

Here in PA the governor announced a red-yellow-green plan, with the hope for Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) to be yellow by now, and maybe, although far from certainly go green if things looked good by mid-summer; but more rural counties being accelerated.

Made sense.

People got pissed, impeachment was threatened.  Amazingly we went yellow in like two weeks and were green by the first weekend in June.

It’s just a natural reaction. You can’t force people to stay in there homes and not be able to go out or to work.

Every sports plan gets derailed when the inevitable happens and a team has a cluster of cases.  Sports should just forget about it until next year.

My definition of "wealthy" is a person who doesn't need any income.  They can do whatever they want realistically for the rest of their life with zero percent income.  And, if they did that they would pay no income taxes.

Many/most wealthy folks have their money mostly tied up in assets, say they started some company or whatever.  If they don't sell any part of that company, they have no income (unless it pays a dividend, and that is taxed favorably).  A wealthy person doesn't need to "hide" his money, he just needs to avoid having a bunch of income, and even if he does, he keeps most of it anyway, and still has his wealthy.

If we'd all wear a mask when we're out and about, we might cut R naught below unity to drive this thing away.

What percent of "representatives" don't merely vouch for whoever fills their wallets?  10?  5?

Whoever said money is the root of all evil should've signed the Declaration of Independence.  Money is the reason we have skewed news sources.  Money is the reason our congress is garbage.  Money is the reason our systems are broken.

Actually, the original quote is: "love of money is the root of all evil."

1 Timothy 6:10 King James Version (KJV): "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."

And there's this, from another religious tradition: "What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil: envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil." Gautama Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism.

If you want to do away with money, what would you recommend we use to replace it?

My wife and I  went out to eat for the first time since March last night.  It was an open air structure that was sparsely crowded.  Perfect, right?  Or at least as good as we could hope for.

Well, some old geyser who knows my wife spotted her and came to our table and gave her a hug touching his cheek to hers.  I just sat there shaking my head.

Same.  The rules were whenever you aren't at your table, mask.  People came in wearing masks, and generally left wearing masks.  Restrooms trips?  Nope