'Money is the root of all evils'- Discuss

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Money is the means of exchange, helping in buying and selling, and also in fixing value on things and commodities. It may be in metal or in paper. With the market getting more and more complicated there are other negotiable instruments which are as good as the minted coins or the printed notes. Money gives purchasing power but this power is not absolute as it is on various factors. In such a case it is termed currency and according to their purchasing power they are termed hard. Soft and weak though coins and notes are issued by the Government of the country, there is a limit to their minting.
Let us see why money is needed. Simply because it helps the possessor to buy things. The days of bartering are gone though it is indirectly resorted to at international level. Money is helpful as a standard of price. Money helps the owner to have the power, not only in buying things but also in influencing many human activities. Money is used to good things such as using it buy a temple, a church or a museum. Great educational institutions can be built. Providing them with scholarships in furthering their studies can help students. The Nobel Prize would not have been there but for the huge some of money of Alfred Nobel.
Money can buy men as it does things. Thus money plays an important role in fighting and winning elections. Money mars men and women's moral. It is the evil influence in corrupting people. 'Sell out' is the new term for bribery. There are people who could do anything for the sake of money. Moneyed people can buy many things, which the poor cannot do.
With the power of money individuals as well as states can dictate terms. The Middle East countries have found new wealth because of their oil deposits and they become a very powerful group.
This kind of power should not go to one's head. Pne should remember that the money coming into him was by chance. He must not use it foe evil purposes. But wherever is evil there is usually money involved. Other motivating forces for evil action are jealousy, vengeance, hatred and so on.
Money is normally the fruit of labour. The question is how one spends that money. Great thinkers have suggested that one who has money enough and enough to spare must look upon himself as the trustee for the money and see to it that it is spent in a wise and useful way. there is nothing good or evil about money. It depends on how one puts it to. the same money, which could help bring relief to the suffering millions, can be used to build up armaments. The hope of getting money spurs one into action. The power decides how to spend the money. Money can be used morally or immorally. A moral strong man may not use money in evil ways and vice versa.