Monday, October 25, 2010

What if money grew on trees?

If money grew on trees, wouldn’t the world be amazing? Would we even have celebrities? I mean, there would be no such thing as “rich” people. No one would have to worry about bankruptcy or poverty. We would constantly be growing trees right and left. Most people would want to live in a forest for their whole lives. If money grew on trees, does that mean that animals would thrive off of money? Would money have any nutritional value to herbivores/omnivores? If money grew on trees, we would rarely want to hire a landscaper. Everyone’s front yards would be filled with overly grown trees. If money grew on trees, would our paper be made out of money? Maybe the paper we decided to use would be worth various amounts of money. If money grew on trees, we wouldn’t have much of an economy. No one would need to work the old fashioned way for their money, they could just go outside and pluck off a few hundred dollars from a tree limb. This “what if” idea is clever, but getting boring. This phrase is overly used today, and it’s becoming very unoriginal. Everyone is so stressed about money. I think an even better “what if” statement would be..”What if money didn’t exist?” That idea is even harder to wrap your mind around. If money didn’t exist, how would we consume goods? Would everything just be a free for all? If we didn’t have money at all, who would need employment? Thinking about this is beginning to give me a headache. A dollar’s worth is gradually decreasing and decreasing over time. Fifty years ago, a trip to the grocery store might cost you $30. Now-a-days it’s the least bit shocking to spend an average of $100 a week. The concept of money absolutely stumps me.

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