“Too many people spend money they earned..to buy things they don't want..to impress people that they don't like.” ― Will Rogers
Something a lot of scientist look at is the GIP or Gross Income Per capita which basically just means the average income for the area in which you live. There was a study done where they took several GIP areas across the country and charted them since the end of World War II to present or present being two thousand and twelve. IT showed that even as GIP which includes minimum wage and many other factors that the happiness level of the populations they were watching did not seem to rise? You may think why is that? Will raising the income of all raise the happiness of all?
Stress levels are a key factor on our happiness whenever we are bogged down by stress in remains really hard for people to be happier. Before you continue who do you believe has more stress the rich or the poor? It is actually said to be about even when it comes to stress just different kinds of stress. While many people tend to think poor people have more stress because of worrying about bills and living paycheck to paycheck which there right the rich have a lot to worry about too. Stress overall is bad for everyone. While the poor have to worry about bills the rich have to worry about their business and what they have to do next to make sure the company stays afloat. So far the middle class is winning out of the stress levels plenty of money to pay their bills but no need to worry about businesses for most of them. If you are always filled with stress it will raise your cortisol levels which will make you sick so there for you are depressed more.
Family relations are another key part of happiness at least for a lot...
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...you set goals to work towards and stuff. Relationships can suffer because if you’re always working you can never actually see and spend time with your lover. Family because negative because if you cannot support them and positive because it makes you want to stay working and active to make sure you can always know they are happy. Those are the points they covered now how are you going to let money effect your life? I would just like to end on this quote which I thought would make a lot of since to everyone. “Too many people spend money they earned..to buy things they don't want..to impress people that they don't like.” ― Will Rogers (Rogers 1)
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• Futrelle, David. "Can money buy happiness?." Money 35.8 (2006): 127.
• Geis, Rob. Personal Interview. 20 April, 2014
• Rogers, Will. "Quotes About Money." (1620 Quotes). N.p., n.d. Web. 11 May 2014.
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