Today I was reading Atlas Shrugged, and in it a character was giving a speech about money. The speech was in response to someone commenting that money is evil.
In this speech, Ayn Rand presents us with some interesting thoughts, which I thought I'd paraphrase here.
Money is earned by people for their work, and exchanged with people for their work.
People who come across money in a non righteous way will eventually lose their money.
Money does not corrupt people, people corrupt money.
Money is given it's power by the fact that others are willing to trade you for it. This justifies your work to earn it.
People who claim money is evil are afraid of money because they do not earn it properly.
Throughout the ages looters have stolen money. In Atlas Shrugged, the looters are socialists.
Money is the root of all good, as it is our inspiration to work. It holds us to a moral code.
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