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From Rick Atchley:

In the March issue of Science magazine, the University of British Colombia and Harvard University published a study called Money Can Buy Happiness. These two Universities did very extensive research and here's what they found: that there is no marginal register of improved happiness just by getting more money. You can take a person, they said, making $45,000 and suddenly raise him to $100,000 a year and there is no noticeable improvement in their marriage or in anything in their life that brings them happiness; in fact it seems the stress levels go up. But they did find out money can buy happiness. They published and said, "What we learned is it's not having more money, it's how you spend the money you have. We learned that even just as little as $5 a day given away to help a kid go to camp, to help a needy lady pay an electric bill, will markedly increase a person's personal happiness." And so the most esteemed learning institution in our country has published in Science magazine a study with this conclusion: It's more blessed to give than to receive.

I thought 2000 years ago somebody said that...


I would like to insert my opinions in here in the form of articles I read, so feel free to ignore these. I am a fan of Nicholos Kristof, who happened to live in China for several years, and he writes about the reputation of the U.S., and the effect Obama will have on that. Also, a recent endorsement McCain is not bragging about.