Money Buzz

A recent internet headline caught my attention: 90% of U.S. money has traces of cocaine.

Now that statement triggers a whole range of questions: How many hands have to have touched the money for 90% of the greenbacks to be affected? Just who decided money needed to be checked for drug residue? How is the money being tested - is there a roomful of people sniffing or licking hundred dollar bills?

But the question that made its way to the forefront of my mind is: If 90 percent of the money we handle has cocaine on it - why are we so stressed out?

It seems to me that after thumbing through our wallets to pay for lunch, we would all be heading for the nearest open space to admire skies of the most outrageous blue, be amazed by grass of righteous green, or bemoan paradise being paved for a parking lot.

Behind on a loan repayment? Forget the plastic - hand the man a Franklin and late payments are expunged. No problem, man.

Want to buy more car than you have money for? Don't sign a note - put $500 down in cash and agree to finalize negotiations when Jupiter aligns with Mars. In the mean time drive off in the car of your choice.

We should be one country under the sun totally chillin' out, dude.