Money can't be separated from politics unless you're in a comfortable financial situation and always have been. Otherwise the government is definitely going to have an impact on your ability to have a comfortable state of living. It's romantic to say you can have very little money and happy, but I just don't think it's true, at least not in the US. If it is true, it's very fleeting, because all it will take to turn your life stressful is something in your house breaking, or getting really sick.

I'm not saying one needs to be a millionaire to be happy, but they do need to be paid a living wage (and probably a liiiittle bit more, really), have job security and have access to decent healthcare.

This post was last modified: 04-14-2012 10:50 AM by Somniloquist.