How Much Is Too Much Money?

Way back in the 1960s, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart issued a statement about a case involving alleged pornography by saying that he couldn't define "hard core pornography," but, "I know it when I see it." To me it's similar about money and wealth, I can't say exactly how much is too much, but I know it when I see ... certain things, like: individuals or families spending millions, even tens or hundreds of millions, on political campaigns to get candidates or issues favorable to their point of view, which seems often to have to do with them making ... more money. These aren't people who are happy to be wealthy, these are people with sick egos. Then there is Ken Langone, the founder of Home Depot and a Catholic, who is worth at least two billion (obviously the poor guy is hurting), who criticized Pope Francis for his outspoken remarks about capitalism, great wealth and income disparity. Langone said Pope Francis doesn't comprehend the rich and that he is aware of one wealthy donor to Catholic causes who is so angry with the pope, he may not go forward with a large donation to help renovate St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City (this was as of late 2013, and I do not know the end result of the blackmail ... ah, I mean the donation). I'd say it is Langone and his friends who really don't comprehend the issue, not Pope Francis. I'd advise the pope to PUBLICLY take on Langone and Company. Who do you think will win? We would then find out how people who call themselves Catholics really come down on this issue, since Christianity is NOT about giving money to rich people, or seeing to it that they get more, but it is really about helping ALL people, when they need it.

Just for some balance, here is a link to one of my other articles: "Not All Wealthy People Are The Same":

http://pontificating-randy.blogspot.com/2013/09/not-all-wealthy-people-are-same.html

WORD HISTORY:
Eight-This word for the numerical value between 7 and 9 goes back to Indo European "okto," which meant "eight." This gave its Old Germanic offspring "akhto," which then gave Old English (Anglo-Saxon) "eahta." This then became "ahte" and "aught," depending upon dialect, before the modern version, although the "gh" was pronounced back then, and the spelling never changed to reflect the change in modern pronunciation.^ The other Germanic languages have: German, Low German, Dutch and West Frisian "acht," Norwegian åtte, Danish "otte," Icelandic átta, and Swedish åtta

^  The Old English form likely had emphasis on the "h," which then produced the later spelling with "gh."