OK, I like a lot of these posts but, I have been rich and I have been poor, rich is better. I can't remember who said it but, it is true to me. I had a lot of money at one time in my life. Literally, millions of dollars have passed through my hands. I been down but never out. I was homeless, jobless, and broke twice in my life. I pulled myself up from the bootstraps and I am happier now than I was then. It depends on whatever your circumstances are at the time in your life. One quotation I always remember is "money answereth all things." Some say money is the root of all evil, that is wrong, the LOVE of money is the root of all evil. I like what money can do for me and others. One survey reported that people that have money do one thing better than those that don't have money...that is they sleep better.

Imagine not having to worry about the bills or, budgeting to go out and eat, that's real living. I lived it and now I'm in a tight financial situation. Lost a lot in the stock market, overspent on housing and now can't sell it. I'm not broke but, I am badly bent I think happiness is a state of mind. I am happy when I have money.

Did you know that the United States has developed a weapon that destroys people but leaves the buildings standing. It's called the stock market.

Anyway, great topic and don't take life tooo seriously....we'll never get out of it alive.

Eric