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To: Don Lloyd who wrote (106126)	6/2/2001 4:12:36 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

>>release their toxins<< Et tu, Don? Yes, Don, I think that money is simply a way of keeping score of the goods and services that each of us produces and introduces into the sphere of economic commerce by our daily labor. Not sure how you define "goods" but I assume you use the generally accepted definition. A certain amount of seed wheat becomes a certain amount of crop wheat becomes a certain amount of flour becomes a certain amount of bread becomes part of a sandwich, value being added every step of the way by labor of the seed store owner, the farmer, the miller, the baker, and the cook. Every step of the way it's a "goods." Payment for each of which is given to and spent by the seed store owner, the farmer, the miller, the baker, and the cook. It's not a zero sum game. The value of the seed wheat multiplies, because the labor of the seed store owner, the farmer, the miller, the baker, and the cook add value. We keep track by using pieces of paper or entries into electronic databanks. The fact that there is no piece of gold involved anywhere along the way is irrelevant. Just as we don't need cowrie shells, salt or humongous flat cylindrical rocks with holes in the center. Edit: the baker and the cook probably use salt, but not as a means of keeping score in the transaction.:)