Quote Originally Posted by Traab View Post
Maybe we should focus on the rodenberry set of episodes. After all, he was the original visionary of the series and had, i think, a stranglehold on approval right up till a couple seasons into tng, were there any money related episodes of the original series or the first seasons of tng that would imply the federation, while providing all needed things for its people for free, also had a monetary system of some sort?
There are several other references of the same sort as the "You're buying" line. But that could very well be because Gene would not have been on set for every single episode nor review every single line in every script. I cannot remember any TOS or early TNG episodes where money was a central concept to the plot (except when it is portrayed as the root of all evil because the Ferengi crave it). Gene is also quoted by very indirectly by friends of other producers as having said that there is no money in the Federation.