Earning it, in the old fashoined way, could be defined as
- we take it prerearably from those who can't fight back.


The spokesmen for the rich say that there is nothing wrong with great wealth and that poverty is the seat of evil.

They never mention that the concentration of wealth almost always requires the contributions , if not the exploitation, of the poor.

$48 billion dollars a year is "earned" from using a card to purchase items and is paid by both buyers and sellers to the banks. As long as we pay a third party to use our own money the banks will take take advantage.
The more inconvienient banks make it to get and use our own cash, the more they promote the card system.