Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for April 18, 2012

…that I greatly increased through my political connections.

Money isn’t power — Money is a just way to wield power

For the powerful, accumulating more money is just a way of demonstrating your success and superiority. It’s a validation. It serves the same basic purpose as Facebook “Likes”.

This honesty thing would have doomed your political career anyway.

I’m sure you both will be very happy together.

like Scrooge McDuck used to do in the old comic books:he had a diving board installed in his vault so he could dive into his money

Must be Mitt Romney.

Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes a dam gooddown payment on it…..

He’s on his fifth because he can never remember the way home.

For those who point out that Facebook “Likes” can’t buy stuff:

Most of the excess wealth accumulated by the already wealthy doesn’t materially improve their lives. It’s like game tokens, a way of keeping track how much they’re “winning”. That’s why most CEOs who already have more money than they’ll ever spend STILL want the big bucks and tons of stock incentives. It shows how important and successful they are.

Maybe that’s a good idea.

I’d rather be miserably rich than miserably poor…