Money flows to those who deal in favors

"When you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - you may know that your society is doomed." Ayn Rand

NVDL: Read the quote below. It is fascinating for how long the world has functioned on delusions of its own grandeur. So many people today operate on the ideas and compulsions of 'something for nothing'. We expect to be rich and famous on the basis of our looks, or an imagined talent - few see the connection between wealth and work. One person that I respect who sees causality in what we do, who we become,and what we get for it, is Oprah Winfrey.

clipped from www.theoildrum.com "Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society's virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion---when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing---when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors---when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you---when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice---you may know that your society is doomed."