Starting with a definition of money as being congealed energy, it would be enough to drive a Republican crazy. They are big on talking about working hard and also giving back. "Noblesse oblige" is a way of salving for their consciences over making money. I come from the perspective you can't make money unless you work in the Mint. You earn money. And there are many ways to do it. Even those who do not have a paycheck or a business can be said to contribute to the wealth of a family. A victory garden may feed a family while slaving behind a McDonald's window hardly will.
When Bush spent time and the RNC spent a lot of cash to elect Senator Corker of Tennessee, the President stood by him and presented a credential. "This is a man who has made a payroll." When I think of why Tom DeLay became motivated to go to Congress, it was to improve the climate for business. He had an exterminating business and was mad because the government outlawed DDT.
To recall how Mitt Romney's father found himself known well enough to run for president is to recall that he became famous for pulling American Motors out of the jaws of bankruptcy with the Rambler. And now the son is recognized for saving the Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Sadly we have a president who touted his accomplishments as an entrepreneur. I consider he was better at finding friends who could help him. Instant: Ken Lay and the Astros. And then there is the case of Joe Lieberman (and Chris Dodd, possibly, as well as other former Senators from Connecticut), because it is considered pretty much a given that all Connecticut Senators will do whatever to keep insurance out of the reach of federal regulation. I read recently a story where this is the intro (sorry I've lost the URL):
McClatchy Washington Bureau

Posted on Mon, Jul. 23, 2007
Justice Dept. drops massive fraud case
Marisa Taylor | McClatchy Newspapers

The article relates how doctors were left with insurance which proved non-existent when they met with patient claims. It's a part of the reinsurance case Spitzer worked on and doesn't reflect on his work, but something which happened during the time when Warren Buffett was consulted. He was not considered to have been a party to the fraud, but an insurance company was when it didn't live up to rules for reserves. All I could think of was what questions might be coming up to repair our "broken healthcare system."
No reason to lambast all business types who run for president. But here are a couple of thoughts. Do we understand that an MBA is not necessarily the best education for public administration? And was the golden boy of Republicanism thinking about the Boomer generation and the Social Security crisis after he would be long dead, or was he just thinking about the Gipper when he created interest rates in double digit amounts?