BILLION DOLLAR IMAGES OF OUR MONEY

BILLION DOLLAR IMAGES OF OUR MONEY, a photo by roberthuffstutter on Flickr.

BILLION DOLLAR IMAGES OF OUR MONEY
It is only natural to wish that we had the biggest pile of money in the illustrations above. At least, I think it is natural to want as much money as possible. Am I wrong for such a belief? Few individuals have the amounts of money depicted above. Few people possess so much as one million dollars. There are, however, more people than we might imagine who possess the smallest stack.

When one thinks about money, one usually thinks about the joys it will afford one and one's family. This is natural. Money is our medium of exchange. We trade our money for what makes us happy, food, shelter, transportation, clothing and all that is necessary to live a happy, normal lifestyle, a lifestyle free of want.

In America, there is no reason for hunger. There is no reason all people do not have adequate shelter, transportation, clothing and the medical care required to make them well and healthy.

Is this too much to expect?

No, we are not a socialist nation, we are a republic, but we are a republic that takes care of our own, our neighbors.

Should we all have the same amount of money? This is the question that seperates a Socialist nation from a Democratic Republic.