[chudogg]

It's why we have organized crime, the depredation of legalized gambling, pornography, exploitation of children, slavery and a host of other of mankind's evils.

I think what Ayn Rand was adressing was that its not money which creates evil, but man himself. If money is merely a tool for exchange, then its really the demand for those evils which creates the market for it (drugs,slavery,etc). If there was no demand for them, there would not be a market as well.

And those who love money would not try to cheat their way to get it. They would know that money only comes from their value to produce. It is those who detest money who will cheat and loot for it.

The criminals who do not work for their money and steal it for themselves, are no worse than the leftists who use the power of government to steal the money.

I could be wrong, this is just my interpretation of Ayn Rand thus far.

[Illbay]

...its not money which creates evil, but man himself.

Well, amen to that. Of course, "money" has no meaning outside the human context.