If you think of money as corn, then of course you get a different answer. But money is not corn; it is money. Money is not a commodity; it's a quantity of fung

If you think of money as corn, then of course you get a different answer. But money is not corn; it is money. Money is not a commodity; it's a quantity of fungible tokens (plus the other stuff that makes it money). Money doesn't expire; the closest thing is tax. Yes, it's worth a different amount as time goes on, but debts are generally money debts rather than value debts.