Money Truly Doesn't Buy Happiness - World's Richest Man Bezos Is Getting A Divorce...

Hello Nordberg,

Nordberg said:
Money is no guarantee of happiness, but it is very difficult to be happy when you are worried about food, keeping your house or apartment, or keeping the utilities on. It is important to have some financial stability to be happy.
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True. Money can certainly buy happiness when you have no money and are lacking even the basics. But once those basics of a comfortable life are paid for, more money does not make you much happier. And after you have a few toys, the more you accumulate the less those new acquisitions contribute to happiness.

Stephen Paddock had lots of money.

Then he offed himself after taking out a whole concert full of innocent people.

That's not happy. That is a totally tormented messed up mind!
 
PoliTalker said:
Hello kudzu,



I wish I COULD forget. I agree 100%.

The fact that we put this mentally deranged person in the White House shows we don't understand wealth and happiness very well in this country. We are a young country. Hopefully we will learn. It would not hurt us at all to move away from so much wealth worship. I'm there. I am rich by some standards, not by others. It is a matter of perspective. But I know wealth does not buy happiness. When I look for happiness, I look for things that might make me happy. That COULD be something I buy, or it could also be an experience already available to me, possibly as part of a relationship I have with another human being(s), something which does not require money to participate in. Maybe just chatting here and expanding my understanding of what motivates people to hold their views. Or it could be accomplishing things, making goals and fulfilling them. I don't worship wealth. I could have far more wealth if I made that a priority but I don't see the point.

The secret of life is not getting rich. It is enjoying the passage of time.

We only have so much time to be alive, a finite number of days. Happiness is not a factor how how much wealth one can accumulate during that time. It is a factor of what you do with your allotted time. Wealth won't buy you any more time. If you spend all your good years seeking wealth, you may find that your body gives out before you can use that wealth to enhance your enjoyment of life. What a shame.

Trump said he was going to quit playing golf if he was elected. He was fooling himself. He didn't realize that even though he plays a hi-stress game of golf, talking all the time and cheating, he gets a relief out of the game.


Personally, when I play golf, I like it because I get to leave the cares of the real world behind and focus on this one challenging activity. It's fun to have the goal of playing well and then see if you can do it. I never do for a whole round, but I do have some incredible shots and holes. I learned long ago not to beat myself up for not being perfect and to accept what I can do for the value of that.

I could never enjoy the game with somebody like President Trump, because he can't relax. He's is always talking, talks over other players shots UNFORGIVABLE! and talks about politics and heavy stuff during the game.

To me that is a game-spoiler, but he can't separate from his stressors and takes all that baggage with him around the links. But then he doesn't drink, either. Heck. I like a beer or two while playing.

I'm not surprised he can't quit golf. He was fooling himself when he said he would. I'm sure he really believed it when he said it. He just doesn't think things through. That's the problem with a short attention-span. ps. I can enjoy a game on a cheap public course as much as a game at an exclusive manicured course.

I view both as an equal challenge and equally enjoyable. I'm sure Trump is the type who could not stoop to playing a public course, doesn't think it's any fun unless it's a high-dollar course. Fool. It can be a LOT of fun. Are you kidding me? He's spoiled!
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Great post.. I think Trump is miserable and that's what makes him capable of lying and hurting so many people with his government shut down.

Yesterday he said that he had been a landlord and when tenants got in financial trouble landlords work with them.
 
kudzu said:
Great post.. I think Trump is miserable and that's what makes him capable of lying and hurting so many people with his government shut down.

Yesterday he said that he had been a landlord and when tenants got in financial trouble landlords work with them.
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...and? Landlords should work with their otherwise dependable tenants....
(...this is the Dems problem now....this could be over with one 30 minute meeting.... BUT they choose hate for one person over the well being of so many of their constituents...let them reach out and help *until they're done pouting....)‘
 
After that first billion how many more billions does one need to feel satisfied? If no amount of money is enough you probably have other areas in your life that are lacking something meaningful as well.
 
TOP said:
...and? Landlords should work with their otherwise dependable tenants....
(...this is the Dems problem now....this could be over with one 30 minute meeting.... BUT they choose hate for one person over the well being of so many of their constituents...let them reach out and help *until they're done pouting....)‘
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So Trump taking ownership of the shut down means nothing to you? It's the Dems no matter what?
 
Gotcha68 said:
No because Mitch the Turtle won't even let it come to a vote now because he can't trust what Trump will do with that vote outcome.
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Who? lol This Should have been over long ago....This wall is part of the absolute need for improved border security....sad that Nancy and chuck don't care that so many are in a difficult situation...over such a small amount of $$....
This is on them... (Ronil Singh's brother said it very powerfully..."Whatever it takes to minimize, put a stop to it, my family supports it..." Perhaps you would feel differently if you lost a child, a husband, or a brother, a grandmother...at the hand of someone who shouldn't be in this country....)
 
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TOP said:
Who? lol This Should have been over long ago....This wall is part of the absolute need for improved border security....sad that Nancy and chuck don't care that so many are in a difficult situation...over such a small amount of $$....
This is on them... (Ronil Singh's brother said it very powerfully..."Whatever it takes to minimize, put a stop to it, my family supports it..." Perhaps you would feel differently if you lost a child, a husband, or a brother, a grandmother...at the hand of someone who shouldn't be in this country....)
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Copied: January 2017 - Trump inaugurated - GOP majorities in both houses of Congress
January 2017 Wall not an emergency
February 2017 Wall not an emergency
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November 2018 Democratic majority elected in House
January 2019 EMERGENCY

Fact: Border apprehensions are at a 45 year low.
There is no crisis at our border. It's fake news.
 
Gotcha68 said:
Copied: January 2017 - Trump inaugurated - GOP majorities in both houses of Congress
January 2017 Wall not an emergency
February 2017 Wall not an emergency
March 2017 Wall not an emergency
April 2017 Wall not an emergency
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November 2018 Democratic majority elected in House
January 2019 EMERGENCY

Fact: Border apprehensions are at a 45 year low.
There is no crisis at our border. It's fake news.
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It's a necessary part of national security...border patrol agrees...they work there, after all...
Not sure why you posted the "emergency stuff"...but if you're concerned about the shutdown ending, then so be it...
 
Hello Gotcha68,

Gotcha68 said:
Copied: January 2017 - Trump inaugurated - GOP majorities in both houses of Congress
January 2017 Wall not an emergency
February 2017 Wall not an emergency
March 2017 Wall not an emergency
April 2017 Wall not an emergency
May 2017 Wall not an emergency
June 2017 Wall not an emergency
July 2017 Wall not an emergency
August 2017 Wall not an emergency
September 2017 Wall not an emergency
October 2017 Wall not an emergency
November 2017 Wall not an emergency
December 2017 Wall not an emergency
January 2018 Wall not an emergency
February 2018 Wall not an emergency
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July 2018 Wall not an emergency
August 2018 Wall not an emergency
September 2018 Wall not an emergency
October 2018 Wall not an emergency
November 2018 Wall not an emergency
November 2018 Democratic majority elected in House
January 2019 EMERGENCY

Fact: Border apprehensions are at a 45 year low.
There is no crisis at our border. It's fake news.
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Well, you know, if he couldn't get it approved when Republicans had a majority in both houses, he could have shut down the government THEN.

But he waits until the Democrats take the House. THEN it's some big emergency? Nothing at the border has changed. The only thing that has changed is now he has somebody to BLAME IT ON.

And that's all he ever does.

Takes credit for the good, blames somebody else for the bad.

Totally irresponsible.

Which is why the deficit is so high.

Clinton shut down the government to balance the budget.

Now THERE was a noble cause.

Trump couldn't balance the budget with Republican majorities.
 
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Hello bhaktajan,

bhaktajan said:
"Here's the truth, brothers and sisters, there's plenty of money in the world. Plenty of money in this city, it's just in the wrong hands!”
Mayor de Blasio Says Wealth Is ‘in the Wrong Hands,’ Pledges to Redistribute It

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/n...e-of-city.html
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What good does it do a society to have lots of wealth in the hands of very few people and lots of people without much wealth?

How is THAT supposed to generate a vibrant economy and widespread prosperity?

Does extreme wealth inequality = Promoting the General Welfare?
 
PoliTalker said:
Hello bhaktajan,



What good does it do a society to have lots of wealth in the hands of very few people and lots of people without much wealth?

How is THAT supposed to generate a vibrant economy and widespread prosperity?

Does extreme wealth inequality = Promoting the General Welfare?
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Then you think Cuba & Venezuela & Central America are on the right path?
 
Hello bhaktajan,

bhaktajan said:
Then you think Cuba & Venezuela & Central America are on the right path?
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No.

You didn't answer my question.

I'll do it for you.

"What good does it do a society to have lots of wealth in the hands of very few people and lots of people without much wealth?" - No good.

"How is THAT supposed to generate a vibrant economy and widespread prosperity?" - It won't.

"Does extreme wealth inequality = Promoting the General Welfare?" - No, it is the opposite.
 
Hello reagansghost,

reagansghost said:
"money doesn't buy happiness but does buy the world's finest $10K/hr escorts" ~ J. Bezos
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Even he admits it.

Once you've got your basics covered, plus just a bit extra for fun, you're as happy as you are going to be. More money above this level will not make you any happier.
 
Pretty impressive a discussion on marriage can turn into a discussion on a border wall. I made sure to throw in a border wall reference when I proposed. :)
 
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