From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sat Sep 24 2005 - 15:14:33 BST
Dear Wim,
My main point about money is that it allows perfect strangers to exchange
goods and services as each determines the value for themselves, compared
to a government forcing some people to provide goods and services to
others. It's a matter of freedom vs. coercion. As for money buying
happiness, my favorite quote on the subject is from Sophie Tucker. "I've
been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better."
Best regards,
Platt
> Dear Platt,
>
> The attachment was a powerpoint presentation with the texts 'with money you
> can buy a house but not a home', '... a clock but not time', '... a bed but
> not sleep', '... a book but not knowledge', '... a doctor but not health',
> '... a position but not respect', '... blood but not life' and '... sex but
> not love' and ended with the usual admonitions to forward it in order to
> get 'luck'. Examples of people winning a lottery after forwarding it and
> losing a job when not doing so suggested a materialistic interpretation of
> 'luck' and .. a warning against NOT forwarding it unchanged, in time and to
> 20 people. I won't do so, so alas this will be the end of my luck. (-;
>
> Neither the (subjectivity of the) attachment nor (that of) the UN Human
> Development reports are essential to the (I hope) truth I pointed out to
> you. You yourself also referred to it (subjectively...) when you stated
> that results don't automatically follow money. Isn't that true for both
> public and private spending? The essence may be that money can only buy 3rd
> level value and not 4th level value or DQ. You can't buy freedom, no matter
> how rich you are. Neither individual nor collective freedom, neither with
> individual nor with collective wealth and organization.
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