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Any sentence starting like this doesn't make sense in Star Trek, since we don't use money in the future, or at least not Dollars and Cents.
So, what would people say instead?
"If I had a mark in my Bat'leth for every time a Klingon questioned my honor because of my Starfleet career, I could brush my hair with it" - Worf
"If I had a slip of Latinum for every time someone accused me of fraud or cheating, I would own half a moon!" - Cousin Galen
"But don't you own an entire moon, Cousin?" - Rom
"You think I commit fraud just for a single slip of latinum?" - Cousin Galen.
Any other ideas?
So, what would people say instead?
"If I had a mark in my Bat'leth for every time a Klingon questioned my honor because of my Starfleet career, I could brush my hair with it" - Worf
"If I had a slip of Latinum for every time someone accused me of fraud or cheating, I would own half a moon!" - Cousin Galen
"But don't you own an entire moon, Cousin?" - Rom
"You think I commit fraud just for a single slip of latinum?" - Cousin Galen.
Any other ideas?
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It's also established in canon that cliches regarding money have lasted to atleast the 23rd century, since Kirk told Scotty he "Earned his pay" several times. (Practically, it's because the whole "money doesn't exist in the future" thing first came about in Star Trek IV. When the show was running, people just assumed the characters were getting paid.)
I wouldn't think about that too much. If you really think about it, Federation society has two types of people: those with real jobs (Starfleet, Scientific Institutes, Government positions, etc.) and those with either no job or an incredibly obsolete one (like a grape farmer using hand tools). The people in the practical jobs work for status rather than money, ie the Ensign wants to one day become an Admiral, so that makes sense. Regardless, there are enough resources on hand that everyone can have pretty much whatever they need no matter what their status is.
In short, it's a government dictatorship that just keeps people happy on replicated bread and holographic circuses, and is one energy crises away from being complete and total tyranny.
Like the warp core which goes faster than the speed of light violates presently known laws of physics, the society which is supposed to have learned from future human experience actually violates current human experience.
But the Federation is supposed to be the good guys, so don't think about it too much.
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... I would had two slips of latinum.
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