You said -- "Money doesn't mean diddly if you're dead!"
But money is what finances the so-called "war on terror" -- which is supposed to keep you from being dead.
No money -- no war -- you're dead.
In case you hadn't noticed, a major part of the are for al-Qaeda and Iran (and the other Islamic whackos) is to destroy the economy, thereby destroying the ability to fight and defend -- and thus -- giving an open door for them to come in and take over (in the resulting chaos). That's their stated goal (listen to bin Laden and Islamo-fascists). Money is intimately tied up with the war. It's always been with all wars (ours and others).
Regards,
Star Traveler
P.S. -- The economy and "money" has lost a lot of wars and made a lot of people "dead".
The "war on terror" is really a war of ideologies. America's is most vulnerable because it is tolerant of these radicals. The majority of them come here with one desire in mind...to kill Americans even though Americans are a composition of many nationalities. It doesn't matter. If you don't worship their prophet, you're a dead man.