Why Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness

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How does debt load calculate into this equation?

How does less or more debt enter into this equation?

Money eases the stress of wondering if you have enough for groceries and gas to get to work. Everything is going up but our pay checks. You dont pay certain bills so you can eat and have heat , and you get behind in bills so money will bring you less worries but you create your own happiness in what you like to do.

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MONEY CAN BRING YOU LESS FINANCIAL WORRIES- THEREFORE BRINGING YOU AND YOURS PURE JOY- NOT JUST HAPPINESS. I ALSO FIND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MONEY CONSTANTLY DISAGREE WITH THIS. I WANT ENOUGH MONEY TO BE FINANCIALLY STABLE FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY FOR THE REST OF OUR LIFES---THAT, IS IS PURE HAPPINESS!!!!!! PEOPLE WITH MONEY DON'T UNDERSTAND PEOPLE WITHOUT MONEY. I HAD TO EAT 1 MEAL A DAY IN A HOTEL WHERE I WORKED- IT WAS FREE AND THAT IS ALL I GOT FOR THE DAY-WHEN I TOLD A RICH PERSON THIS, THEY SAID OH I HAD TO PUT MY COLLEGE BOOKS ON A CREDIT CARD ONCE. IT IS NOT THE SAME AT ALL. WE NEED GIVE MONEY TO PEOPLE WHO CAN APPRECIATE IT, CERTAINLY NOT THE RICH PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE IT. MAKE ME HAPPY!!!!

Money WILL buy you happiness if you're homeless...or if you have an ARM :D Seriously, it's not so much that it buys you happiness, money just erases some worries. You're still going to have mental illness and physical disabilities to deal with, but, as anyone that is NOT stinking rich knows, money sure makes it a lot easier to cope!
BUNNYLOVE knows exactly what I'm talking about! Have you ever used ketchup packets (lifted from fast food places) in hot water for tomato soup (which incidentally, tastes horrible)??
Bunnylove knows exactly what I'm talking about!!

Money can only buy happiness when happiness can become a countable noun. Now, happiness is an uncountable noun.

I always find that people who say that money dosen't buy happiness, have an abundance of it, have you ever not had money to eat? Or feed your pets? Or have to lie to the bus driver and say you left your wallet at home, so that you can get to work? Or eat CupASoup for dinner? I was sp desperate one time, I almost stole a barristas tip jar, that;s how bad it was, I had no phone service, so If I applied for a job, I had to go to a phone on a street to call and make a interview date, no, these people have never gone with no money, they haven't ever been hungry or had a oil furnace, and went to the gas station that had diesel, and bought a couple bucks of oil to stay warm in the winter, you have no idea what it's like to be poor and with nothing, not at all.

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Worrying about money and paying bills makes me stressed and unhappy. Just ask my kids. My husband makes a good income works for a company that makes BILLIONS and one emergency and an $11,000 out of pocket max in health insurance has brought us to the brink. Right now money would make me extremely happy because I would know that any more health emergencies with my children would be covered.

Whilst I agree that money does not buy happiness, it does however enable one to live, to pay of those essential bills, healthcare and the essentials in life. On the other hand it does give people a false sense of security that it comes with. It does not fulfill personal or emotional wellbeing, only lifts the mood temporarily, becoming an obsession with wanting more with more money to spend.

Comment : whilst i agree that money does not guarantee happiness, in terms of emotional, personal welfare, it does allow one to be able to pay for things such as healthcare, and life's little luxuries and those bills that need to be paid !. The main problem is that the more money you have the more you want to buy and the more in debt you can get.. It becomes an unhealthy obsession.

I would be very happy in a world in which everyone operated on the principle that they are responsible for upholding their end of a deal, with money being the tool of exchange for services rendered.

No, money doesn't buy happiness of the existential kind but it certainly buys boundaries, choices. safety, better health on all levels and definately provides examples of humankind best accomplishments. Money is a standardized tool of exhchange amongst individuals who have claimed responsibility for upholding their end of the deal. This sense of responsibility is what seperates secondhanders (of all kinds) from producers. I would be very happy in a world that operated on these principles

I think that the overall premise of the story is that "Money doesn't buy happiness, but Money does buy choice, to a point". This can be true. It can buy basic needs but what about wants. Is a person better off or happier simply because they can buy something that they want to buy? Is a larger house or luxury car really making you happier when it also means larger maintainance bills and costlier repairs if it breaks? Is a larger house making you happier if it cost $2,000 to heat for a winter to stay warm , when a smaller one might cost $200? In the end I think that its not the money that brings the happiness but the perceived security that the money provides. We feel safer with the luxery car or the new home, we feel we really are doing better than our parents did. Even if that perception is not correct. There are people out there making millions of dollars a year and bouncing checks to the grocery stores, so are they any happier? Some make a million and pay out 90% to other peole who are supposed to help them keep it, like lawyers and accountants. Or doctors to help them figure out why they don't feel happier.