Despite the tough economic times we’re in, I think this old school song is appropriate for my first Throwback video of the new year.

This song certainly captures the mood I’m in right now: I wanna be rich! At the same time, I am well aware that money isn’t everything.

An investor who lost more than $1.4 billion to Bernard Madoff’s elaborate Ponzi scheme took his own life the day after Christmas (LINK). The man’s brother called his suicide “an act of honor.”

At the risk of sounding too opinionated, I think valuing money over a man’s life is preposterous.