How Important is Life Vs. Money?

As I reflect on life in general, I realize how money can destroy lives physically and mentally. If there is a way to save lives, wouldn’t you do it? Well in our society, it isn’t about saving lives; it is about how much money can be taken from society. A question was asked in Stiff, "Can airlines do a better job of making their planes fire-safe?" which is highly important yet the fact of the matter, no one is concerned enough to make those changes due to sacrifices that will be made. According to the book Stiff, they can install more emergency exits, they can install sprinkler systems, or build crashworthy fuel systems but they will not. Why sacrifice money to be made for human beings yet I ask a question, why sacrifice humans for money? Money is never important to where humans are dying. This made me sit back and think, what is really going on? Our society is crooked and we put our trust in them yet we can’t even have adequate airplanes. Sacrificing more fuel cost and fewer revenues should be top priority but that’s too much money. If this is what airlines are about, why would we trust those flying these planes with our lives? It is ironic to me that we can never get a new life, yet money will always be there to receive.