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I am in the firm belief that money is the root of all evil.

Exhibit A: The typical american family.

When they first started out, they were nice and normal, paying bills, getting by, and going through the normal family notions, together and happy with plenty of time to help each other and aid each other in their times of need.

Flash forward to the present, when the husband (and/or wife) gets promoted to a bigger paycheck, and a more demanding job, leaving less time to be with the family and help each other and be with each other when they need each other most. The more they work, the more they get paid; the more they get paid, the more they work; the more they work, the lesss time it leaves them to be with their families and be there for them when they're most needed.

The family begins to grow apart and grow angry and bitter towards each other, the relationship suffers, the home that was once close knit is now divided and destroyed, what little love there is in that place going to...other places and other people.

Eventually, each member of the household starts to look toward some other odd places to look for the same sense of belonging and togetherness they once had at home, like gangs or boy/girlfriends or the poolboy or the secretary.

They find out too late it tears the family further apart and eventually, nothing is left but a broken homoeand bitter feelings feelings towards one another, leaving emotional scars that run deep enough to fester for years and years to come.

Now take Exhibit B: Modern day business

When someone opens a shop, they just want to give the people that come int the store a nice, comfy little place to come and chat and buy some stuff. A nice atmosphre suitable to what they're sellin'.

When they hit upon a bit of success, however, that quickly changes, and they then shirt gears to try and emulate that success over and over and over, little by little losing what they had that made them special and becoming just like every other business that came before them, heartless, cold, unfeeling to its customers, and ultimately, if they ******** up, out of business and back to square one.

And the businesses' that DO continue to thrive? They want to continue to see a profit, so they pay their employees even lower than minimum wage and make them work long and difficult hours, expecting them to do it without question and without challenge, which, sadly, they do, everyday, in every type of business you can think of.

Very rarely do you find a businessman or woman that hasn't been corrupted by the influence their money has on them. Most every multi millionare man or woman has some hot twenty-omething by their side to love them, adore them, and to put their young, nubile bodies to good use. Some of them marry these young ones, but quickly lose interest with them when they grow older and they have less energy and good feeling to give them.

Eventually, they begin to decay and grow in age, and the young eagles waiting in the wings come in to swoop down and take them out of their throne, knocking them into the long drop to the bottom to take their place and take over, repeating the vicious cycle of greed, money and power.

And now, for the final exhibit, Exhibit C: The Gov't

When they first began, they wanted to help the people and govern them under a fair and just system of rules and policies that would ensure equality for all. And what happened over the years as others began to take power and rise to the postion of president? The wholesomeness that this country was founded on began to rot and decay like fallen trees in the woods.

As Gov't branches begans struggling for rights and privileges, they gained more power, and as they gained more power, their purpose and meaning for creation began to become hazy, and ultimately, was lost within the constant and never ceasing struggle to have every ounce of power they could acquire. And if someone held even the tiniest threat to the power they hold, they were immediately squashed and swept under the rug.

Example, a young man in the 70's invents a type of bread that actually prevents hunger and gives its eaters the nutruients they need in their system. Everyone that bought it knew about the beneficial affects it could have on the human body. Apparently, so did the Federal Drug Administration, because they busted in, guns drawn, and told the man to turn over all of his bread to them. Why, you ask? Because it was apparently advertised as a drug. How is that? He told people about the beneficial affects of the bread. And according to the FDA, anything that heals the body is considered a drug. The young said that if were going to take his wonderful bread, they coul at least give it to the countless homeless and let it fill them up and do them some good. Their response? No, it had to be burned and destroyed.

And that is just one in many examples of the FDA trying to 'protect' its people from new kinds of drugs and to 'aid them' by using their drugs. Truth is, they don't want to to recover quickly, if at all. They are cures are the cold, and for cancer and whatnot, and guess what? They ain't givin' 'em out. Why, you ask? No ones sick, no ones gonna buy their s**t. No one buys their s**t, they don't make a profit. They don't make a profit, they go out of business.

They give you pills that do very little to help you recover and heal you. Do they work? Yeah, but its as fast as a slug in the wintertime. Why is it that you have to take a pill for something for the rest of your natural born days? 'Cause thats how the drug is designed to be used. Thats right, its purposely designed to heal you extremely slow.

Is there another way to heal you thats faster? There sure is, in fact, there are plenty of cures readily available in nature itself. They can be found in Africa, in Asia, hell, some are in plants from right in the good ol' USA. But you won't find them endorsed by the FDA, unless it heals very slow, and it can make them money.

Lets not forget the people that run this country, the 'fair and unbiased' politicians of this world. They begin with pure and wholesome ideals in their heart to try and make this country a better place, but them, as they progress in life, they find that they need money to fund their campaigns, and thats where the big companies and their 'special interest groups' come in.

They give the candidate the money they need to fund their famcy TV, radio, and mewspaper blitzes in the media, getting the word out on them and trying to make the other guy look as bad as possible. In time, if they do win, they quickly learn they don't controll what they do next, the people below them and the money the companies paid does.

Meat companies want to make meat increase? They'll have the president approve a few bills to change the Food Pyramid so that you have to eat more meats. And the president wants more money for the wars he so desperately wants us to fight for other countries? No problem, he'll just to the people he sold his soul to-I mean funded his campaign, and ask them for money, as well as congress and the House of Representatives. And when his (or possibly her) term is finally up, then two new candidates step up to the plate, and two new ways to manipulate the Gov't are now available for the big companies to use.

And so, the cycle of love, greed and misery continues for each and every one of us, perpetuated by many things like "Keeping up with the Joneses" and meaningless social status. Maybe the bible had it right all along, maybe money IS the root to all evil. If that is the case, then it has fertile grounds to spread and embed itself further into our society.