Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post - Money does not buy happiness, she proves it 5 million times

pan6467 · 06-13-2005, 11:51 AM

Unfortunately, cases like this come up a lot with HUGE lottery winners also, as documented by the overwhelming numbers of winners who end up filing bankruptcy, have broken marriages, become addicts, and so on.

People get more money than they have ever seen or thought of ever having and in a society where possesions mean everything (easy to say they don't but....), they start spending and spending and spending.

There is a huge difference between working for something and just recieving it. The majority of people who work hard and make the money over time tend to value it more. (Not all value it more, and not all who recieve money in this way are going to be overspenders.)

This is a very common occurence, just this got some publicity because of how she got the money.

06-13-2005, 11:51 AM	#8 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Unfortunately, cases like this come up a lot with HUGE lottery winners also, as documented by the overwhelming numbers of winners who end up filing bankruptcy, have broken marriages, become addicts, and so on. People get more money than they have ever seen or thought of ever having and in a society where possesions mean everything (easy to say they don't but....), they start spending and spending and spending. There is a huge difference between working for something and just recieving it. The majority of people who work hard and make the money over time tend to value it more. (Not all value it more, and not all who recieve money in this way are going to be overspenders.) This is a very common occurence, just this got some publicity because of how she got the money. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"