The Unbearable Lightness of Money

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I didn’t come up with this story but heard something similar the other day.

I gave $100 to someone to see if any of their services might be of help during the uncertain times. That person quickly took the money and payed back their car mechanics they owed money. The car mechanics used that money to give it to their local grocery food store where they owed money. In turn, the grocery owner went to my friend to give him back the money he had owned him from a long time ago.

So here’s the funny thing. I finally told this person I went to see about their services that I didn’t find anything. I took my $100 back and went my way. And guess what happened? Nothing. The world didn’t collapse and everyone was happy.

You don’t need a high economic degree to understand that only 3% of US dollars bills are printed, meaning 97% of the time, our transactions are nothing less than electronic IOUs that are as weightless as outer space, or, in other word, pretty void :)

And as to why that picture insists on being sideways is about as unexplainable as to why things work out the way they do in life. Go figure!