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Debate Score:	37
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Can money buy happiness?

Do you believe that money can buy happiness? I believe that money can not buy happiness but it always makes conditions to be happy...without love and money of my parents I would be die when I was 14 because I needed in difficult operation and money made a lot to safe my life...

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Give me all your money and I'll let ya know. ;)

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The reason I am anarchist seeking to destroy all economy and monetary systems is because in such a system the children born to the rich have an unfairly happy childhood as opposed to that of the poor.

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Jace (5222) Disputed

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I would say I there are some pretty miserable rich kids and some rather happy poor kids, so that does not necessarily follow. I agree with the sentiment about unequal opportunity however.

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Del1176 (4974) Disputed

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I don't think you have known poverty to a level that qualifies you to say you know one is happy in it.

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Jace (5222) Disputed

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Firstly, you have no idea what my class background is so kindly cease your assumptions. Since you broach the subject, however, I am plenty familiar with poverty and was in fact raised in it. I will add that I was quite happy as a child and have no regrets about my class background.

Secondly, you do not get to come back after the fact and qualify your ambiguous application of the word "poor" to mean "severely impoverished", at least not in such a way as to make it a counterargument or attack rather than a clarification.

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Del1176 (4974) Disputed

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You think you know poverty whilst living in America?!

AHAHA... The poorest american is above middle class of a real impoverished nation.

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Jace (5222) Disputed

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You make a mockery of debate, although I am hardly surprised. Rather than address the matter at hand you prefer to shift your stance in order to ridicule your opponent. I am forced to reiterate that you have unfairly re-qualified your argument from an ambiguous generality to one of particular specificity. Not only did you initially not even mention poverty, you used the word "poor" which can hardly be confused for the extreme poverty found in some developing countries.

As for my part, I never once claimed to have experienced severe poverty. My point was not that I have known the abysmal depths of poverty nor that I have it worse than anyone else alive; clearly such a claim would be absurd. Rather obviously, my point was instead that I was raised relatively less well off than those who are wealthy but that I had a happier childhood than a number of those with whom I am acquainted whose childhoods were spent in relative wealth and comfort. This contradicts your initial argument. Of course, rather than respond directly to that contradiction your preference was to pursue a personal attack. This ultimately undermines you more than it does me.

At any rate, when you point to such severe destitution the correlate with unhappiness is not income so much as it is overall structural failures. You are not showing that money can buy happiness, so much as you are arguing that severe structural failure and underdevelopment contribute to unhappiness.

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shmily93 (38) Disputed

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I don't agree with yu because not all people same and there a re a lot f poor but happy children and vice viser. Rich people also cry and feel lonely because they are human being too. They also have life difficulties and prblems such as love, losting your close people etc

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Del1176 (4974) Disputed

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When you are raised in the most severe forms of poverty, you will realise that it is impossible to be happy.

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LizziexLaura (4278)

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Well this is tough because money can easily stimulate that feeling of happiness or joy. Eventually one may become bored with there money but at the same time a poor person who is given maybe $1000 will indeed be happy. I would say temporarily but some people may remain happy because of wealth or amount of money they have.

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casper3912 (1581)

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Happiness comes from something, and money get get something.

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shmily93 (38) Disputed

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but sometimes happiness comes from love... and love is not thing which you can buy...it is feeling,attitude and even I can not say what is love because i do nt have such words

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casper3912 (1581) Disputed

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you can buy what leads to love, love isn't magic, something causes it, and what ever causes it can likely be bought somewhere down the line.

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blendarlauer (1)

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No, I don't think so, there are many things in life which are priceless. To get that priceless thing you don't require money. Eg: Emotions, feeling, to get someone's love etc. plays vital role in life which doesn't require money and these are the only things which gives you more happiness.

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I'm thinking... yes. Why you ask? its alot more fun if you can buy fun things. Starving becouse you have no money does not sound appealing to me

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Ok, most people think money can not buy happiness. But I think money can buy happiness. The biggest problem is that people do not know how to spend their money then they think money can not buy happiness. OK, most people think money can not buy happiness. But it is more comfortable to cry in a mercedes than on a bicycle.

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riahlize (1573)

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It can't buy happiness, but with our modern world it can buy the opportunity to get/find happiness. It's the sad truth.

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PhxDemocrat (13121)

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Yes. With money, you can go shopping every day and find happiness.

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Quocalimar (6470)

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The yes and no positions aren't opposite. It can be useful, but it can't by the feelings.

Money can put you in a more comfortable position to do things that make you happy, but it can't literally buy happiness.

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TheThinker (1697) Disputed

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So you wouldn't smile if someone gave you 100 dollar bills for no cost at all for you?

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Quocalimar (6470) Disputed

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Okay true, but based on that logic it's just the money it's self that made me happy.

I'd be happy that I now have $100 to spend on something. I'd be just as happy if someone gave me $100 worth of donuts, chick-fil-A cookies, icecream (I like snacks) I think you get the jist.

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no it can't as even if you are rich you may still be sad as you can't buy from anybody

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