Re: Friedman's Folly

"Clave" <ClaviusNoSpamDammit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "John Galt" <whoisjohngalt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> <retrogrouch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 13:04:11 +0530, "John Galt"
>>> <whoisjohngalt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>><retrogrouch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 07:58:05 +0530, "John Galt"
>>>>> <whoisjohngalt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>
>>>>>>> NO.  If people say they are happy then they are happy.  It is not
up 
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> you to tell them what makes them happy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You're suggesting that people will be happy with less money to spend

>>>>>>next
>>>>>>year than they do this year?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Seriously?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you honestly believe wealth and happiness are related. LOL.
>>>>
>>>>Wealth? Who said anything about wealth? I'm talking about raising 
>>>>families.
>>>>I'm talking about food on the table, enough money for your kid to play
>>>>Little League, having your kid's birthday party at Chuckie Cheese, or 
>>>>maybe
>>>>if you can afford piano lessons for your daughter. At the lower and 
>>>>middle
>>>>class layers of society, you're damn right money is tied to happiness.

>>>>If it
>>>>wasn't, money wouldn't be continually cited as one of the primary
causes 
>>>>of
>>>>divorce.
>>>
>>>
>>> Nonsense.
>>
>> Then feed me more than your personal anecdotes in refutation.
>
> Look who's demanding more than anecdotes.

That was pretty much the response I figured I'd get.

JG


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> Jim
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