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Researchers Say Happiness Costs $75K
SpuriousLogic writes "Does happiness rise with income? In one of the more scientific attempts to answer that question, researchers from Princeton have put a price on happiness. It's about $75,000 in income a year. They found that not having enough money definitely causes emotional pain and unhappiness. But, after reaching an income of about $75,000 per year, money can't buy happiness. More money can, however, help people view their lives as successful or better. The study found that people's evaluations of their lives improved steadily with annual income. But the quality of their everyday experiences — their feelings — did not improve above an income of $75,000 a year. As income decreased from $75,000, people reported decreasing happiness and increasing sadness, as well as stress. The study found that being divorced, being sick and other painful experiences have worse effects on a poor person than on a wealthier one."
He is getting SSI, a system he paid into when he worked. This also means he is disabled you asshole.
If you don't like this, feel free to move to that libertarian wonderland Somalia.
Look for more stories like this, to get the (stupid) public thinking you only need so much money. Then it will make it easier for the government to TAKE more from the wealthy, and "spread the rest" around to those that don't have money (those that refuse to get a job, those that are flat out stupid, those that only want a job, where there are no jobs in the first place etc. What anyone makes is "the American dream". Work hard and you (usually) get rewarded. I know I put in extra hours, sometimes on weekends, and I am rewarded more for it. That is how it works. You bums out there need to get up off of your lazy butts, quit playing wii all night long and quit screwing around. This also includes the welfare breeders who pop out a new kid every 12-18 months.