Tuesday, March 04, 2008

money doesnt grow on trees , thank goodness for that !!

Money doesnt grow on trees , a popular saying.
They say it as if it would be a good thing if it did. What would happen if you had to plant a tree ,nurture it , wait for it to grow, and produce your shiny coins and crispy notes.
Cost of creating that money would be soo high, much more than just printing it out in a mint large scale. And what about the money that is just keyed into accounts by banks ?
It has no kind of paper or metal banking , just a number quickly typed in , effortlessly transferred @ no cost @ all. (i mean actual cost of creating the money not the value of one unit of it )
Infact if we started using edible nuts as money , they would grow on trees. They are just far more expensive than the money we use today ( one of the reasons y its not considered for use as money)
Ultimately, point i make is Money has no value of its own , Its value is derived mainly cos its accepted as legal tender for goods and services. If the govt were to print a lot of crispy notes today and give it away to all the poor, ultimately it would just lose its value and result in sky high prices for all , no better condition for the poor.
Ya i knw its just a saying , shouldn't be interpreted too literally. I'm just trying to say, what may appear to us to be a state of euphoric bliss , may just be a predecessor to pandemonium.

2 comments:

Vidya said...

Money, get away.
Get a good job with good pay and youre okay.
Money, its a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think Ill buy me a football team.

Money, get back.
Im all right jack keep your hands off of my stack.
Money, its a hit.
Dont give me that do goody good bullshit.
Im in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a lear jet.

Money, its a crime.
Share it fairly but dont take a slice of my pie.
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today.
But if you ask for a raise its no surprise that theyre
Giving none away.

Huhuh! I was in the right!
Yes, absolutely in the right!
I certainly was in the right!
You was definitely in the right. that geezer was cruising for a
Bruising!
Yeah!
Why does anyone do anything?
I dont know, I was really drunk at the time!
I was just telling him, he couldnt get into number 2. he was asking
Why he wasnt coming up on freely, after I was yelling and
Screaming and telling him why he wasnt coming up on freely.
It came as a heavy blow, but we sorted the matter out

Vidya said...

:P