it probably is. you need money to buy necessities like food & shelter. but we already know that money can't but you happiness. or complete happiness. if you were filthy rich, you'd never know if all the friends you had or the people interested in you were only there because of the money you had.

Money is just the way we keep score! In and of itself money is only paper. We don't eat it, ware it, drink it, it's not "real" But what it can do is very important, if you control enough (note I said control-not have) you have very real POWER!