Depends on whose eyes you're looking thru...The work I do means nothing to me 'cept it's compensated with money...
Perhaps. But in the grander scheme of things, it was the goods or service you produced that has value to society, not the money you were paid. Another way of expressing this is if you had a billion dollars and did nothing with it but count it, the money has no value to society beyond it's appeal to entice someone to produce goods and services that you might exchange some of it for. The people that would do “work” to get your money might not value the work they do much either, but chances are, if you don't value it, you won't give them any of your money. Unless they're the government, in which case they are going to take your money, and give it to those who don't work.