I want that Dollar!!!

          Today's society is based on money, and people will do almost anything for the right price. People now have been forced to rely on money for everything, without it, you will die or be close to death at all times. Take homeless people for example, they have to beg for a living, not for food or clothes most of the time, but for money. Also, there are people who are born into a wealthy family but have no talents at all or don't care about school. Those people can get away with it because they were born into wealth and don't really have to care about things most people have to.
          There is a price on practically everything that someone doesn't come born with, and even those sometimes cost money.

• Body parts, like hearts, skin, kidneys, and many more body parts.
• Food, from the growing of the food, to the processing of the food, to the actual purchase of the food by the consumer. This includes both restaurants, fast food, and store bought ingredients.
• Books also cost a lot after the several steps it goes through in production until it reaces the consumer.
• Entertainment, like movies, plays, television shows, sports.
• Education costs money as well, from the amount college students must pay, to a teacher's wage, and even to the school supplies students have to buy.
• Many other things cost money too, like clothes, utensils, technology, housing and shelter, furniture, vacations and travel, and many other things.

         However, there are two things that are especially surprising, how cheap people are with their money most of the time, and how there is a price on people lives. First, people are cheap and will do a lot of things to save a dollar or two, like park further away from a stadium than needed, getting something used rather than new, eating less quality food just to name a few. This exemplifies how  important money is to people because people are willing to buy things of poor quality just to save a few bucks so they can spend the money they saved on something else that is cheap. Second, the price of life is different for many people, but there is definitely a price. Insurance companies have a set price they are willing to pay for someones life, hit man charge people amounts of money to kill people too, with a different price depending on the target. Also, as I stated earlier, body parts have a price, and according to the site, http://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/this-is-how-much-your-body-parts-are-actually-worth#.xu2jPpqD8, the price of all the useful body parts combined is $551,473.
          Money today runs everything, and this is no exaggeration. It determines how people can live and whether they can live or not depending on if someone can or can't afford food, shelter, insurances, etc. There is even a price on peoples lives, though widely varying, which shows just how powerful money is. This world shouldn't be so material and money based, but until a better system is created, this is the world we live in.