signorelli21

Ignorance is bliss

I think it would be better to see what makes americans happy, everytime i go to a store or mcdonalds i never see too many "happy" people, they are usually pissed about something and are usually not nice to one anouther, I think people are more likely to say they are happy in general on a survey becausewe are optimistic about the future and don't like admitting that we have problems. If you broke it down and asked people if they like their job/spouse/family/financial situation and then used the overall result to determine if people were happy you would probably see that most people are not satisfied with their lives but think that in the immediate future there will be inprovement, this makes them happy.

did you know that suicide is the 8th leading cause of death in the us?

jinxy

I agree with that and happyness is sort of a loaded question. Of course no one's going to be happy all of the time, you can't really expect that. A better question would be something like "Are you content?". That being said, I'd rather settle here than anywhere else on earth since this country still has potential and we still do have a good amount of personal freedoms and decisions we can make.

E-b0la

Who ever wrote that article is a materialistic ----. They tried explaining happiness by saying it's because of wealth, and having all kinds of "stuff" basically.

I have plenty of ----, spend money, and I'm not happy.

J-SMITH69

the actual question was "are you satisfied" and "very satisfied"

if you actually read it, instead of commenting out of your ***...

i love you FAKE ron paul nutswingers.

you love the crappy european model, think they are so great, have the greatest lives. europe is THE EXACT OPPOSITE of what this country was when it was founded and up until the 1930s, ron paul's views are all opposite of everything in europe.

FAKE RON PAUL LOSERS

E-b0la

I'll admit I didn't read the whole thing. I'm just saying from the pieces you posted it sounds like they're saying people are happy because of money and materialism. And yes I realize it is shittier in Europe. Everyone drive cars half the size of anything here, lives in places half as big as here and it probably does suck more.

What I'm getting at is there's more to happiness than just money and materialism. that's all.

J-SMITH69

you are right.

those stats were just to bloviate about how much better the US is than europe

bluerex

holy contradiction

IntaCooler

happyness is just one injection away

cbirchmore

This means that the Europeans should have HEFTY retirement funds. What does the average American have for retirement? NOTHING@

mike94se

I take it you forgot what a tax is.