we are all greedy, it's human nature, and greed is good, it makes us strive and human striving is what brings us all benefits.

So when I use greed, it's not meant as an insult. Only people who use it as an insult (frequently socialists), as if they themselves are not greedy, need to hear it hurled at them, simply as a proof of "hey, you're a human too, stop thinking you're better than other people".

and we're talking about fiscal policy here, not monetary.

> greed is good

My dude, Gordon Gekko was not the protagonist.

another stock character in Aristotelian drama is nature; nature is capricious, or expresses the will of the gods, and can never be bested. Greed is a force of nature.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

Calling greed a virtue is certainly a thing a person has said.