The need for money to live is something that can't be disputed. How much money we need, depends on our life styles and also our ability to be self sufficient in some respects to cut costs.

That being said, money is about as dangerous as any other drug on the market, based on what it can cause people to do. People have been known to hurt the people around them in the quest for a quick buck or two or even more.

Desperation settles in and the need for money replaces by the desire to have more money. How much money you have is a demented status symbol, as people judge you on your net worth. Even though it's really no one's business but your own.

When you make money beyond what you need to live and some saving, you may have gone into the excess. Yet, that is the world that has been created for us to live in.