This blast from the past is a post that helped revolutionize my way of thinking…about money and bartering, called-

Money Is Not Real… (August 29th, 2007)

We are chasing an imaginary item…. …losing hours of our lives (never to be found again), missing out on precious moments, choosing “the green bill” over family….
If you are living for money, you will one day wake up and realize your life has passed you by, and all you have to show for it is a huge pile of green fibrous paper, that is supposed to be worth something.

Think about this:
What would happen if everyone were to trade from business to business in our towns, trade goods, services, labor, etc. We would have much less total income, expenses, and of course taxes; On paper it would look like less coming in, but in reality we would have much more than before, and probably better and closer friends and family relationships.