The world economy would collapse, and we would all be back grubbing for bugs to eat.

FORBES: Understand The Cycle Of Market Emotions To Make Better Investing Decisions

Yes, yes: Wealth can attract money-grubbing gold diggers, but that's not always the case.

FORBES: Does Money Make You More Attractive?

The Ivy League universities are full of grubbing prodigies who regard themselves as the next president but five.

ECONOMIST: The Bush clan

As a result the Tea Party is now often associated with fringe or unelectable candidates, social issues and money-grubbing political insiders.

FORBES: Once Effective, The Tea Party Has Become Toxic

And to justify why its birds were angry, Rovio added egg-grubbing pigs.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Namely, the meaningless, money grubbing embarrassment known as the Conference Championship Game.

FORBES: College Football Title Games Are Embarrassments

The aim was to avoid the twin plagues of welfare: handouts that encourage dependency, and the hijacking of funds by corrupt functionaries or vote-grubbing politicians.

ECONOMIST: Social policy in Brazil

Both parties' vote-grubbing initiatives seem more populist than sensible.

ECONOMIST: Germany's state elections

Meanwhile, it keeps its players entertained with new updates, 40 ways to play the game, 300 levels and three new brand installments: Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Rio and the soon-to-be-revealed Mine and Dine (a new game that features its grubbing pigs and plump birds underground).

FORBES: The Angry Birds Feature Film: It's Really Happening

If it wasn't already perfectly clear by now that Monster Cable's cables aren't really worth the price (or any price above the cost of a coat-hanger), and that they're only using those bloated markups to perpetuate their reputation as money-grubbing lawsuit-happy snakeoil peddlers, we'd call your attention to their latest target: Monster Mini Golf, a chain of glow-in-the-dark mini-golf courses based out of Rhode Island.

ENGADGET: Monster Cable at it again, sues mini-golf company