Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Value

IF YOU ARE MURDERED, and your survivors file a civil law suit against the murderer, seeking damages, the court, if damages are awarded, will determine how much you were worth, and therefore how much your surviving family should be paid.

Your worth will be determined by extrapolating how much money you probably would have made over the course of the rest of your life, based on your income at the time of your death, and your prpbably natural life span.

If you worked at mickey dees all your life, your family won't get much. President obama is worth, in potential future earnings, far more now than a mere five years ago.

When someome, anyone asks, "how much is he worth", the answer, with respect to anyone, probably ought to be, "he is priceless, because he is a human being." But of course the answer will be an estimate of how much money he has.

All value of all great paintings by all the great masters is determined, particularly if they are stolen, and most often this value is in the millions of dollars.

The dollar value of the planet earth has been determined,  based upon the market value of all its land and mineral resources. The oceans and fresh water sources are included. it is unclear whether this figure includes the value of the oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere. Hopefully not, considering the current condition of the air quality.

If the planet is destroyed, say, by an asteroid impact or extraterrestrial treachery, it is not known who would file the insurance claim, who would pay it, and who would receive it. Galactic claims court would have a busy docket, in a courtroom filled with galactic lawyers.

The monetary value of the enitre universe could probably be calculated, and rumor has it that soon a software app will be on the market able to do just that. Microsoft and apple will lead the way, and the stock price will rise for whichever corporation is first to the market place.

For the moment let us hope and assume that the financial worth of God is beyond measure, but don't be too sure.

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