I think so. I can't think of anything that requires more finesse than comedy, both from a verbal and visual point of view.
I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it.
It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse.