Money is the root of all evil.......but it's also the fertilizer of ambition/innovation.
DUmmies only see the evil in money because they have no ambition or original ideas.
Actually I believe the quote to be..."The love of money is the root of all sorts of evil".
That makes sense too if you look at the commandment, "I am the Lord thy God thou shalt have no false gods before me".
We shouldn't idolize money and love it and elevate it higher than and/or before him.
But we should certainly value money and other possessions as tools for what good they can accomplish.