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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Money "doesn't buy happiness" was a relic from a time when minimum wage could buy a house and get you through college.

Hard to be much happier if you've got that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Money can't buy you happiness...It IS happiness." John Francis "Jack" Donaghy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No it couldn't, home ownership has been stable in the US for decades

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RHORUSQ156N

63% in 1965 and 66% now with the highest in early 2000s, not whenever "minimum wage could buy you a house"