In countries that have already achieved affluence, any additional economic wealth would not make people happier. Do you agree or disagree?
Recently, a social issue related that whether
people
in some developed countries will be happier when they get additional economic wealth
. Some argue that wealth
always can make people
happier no matter how much money they have had. As far as several factors are concerned, I strongly hold that additional wealth
cannot make wealthy people
happier, but poor people
would be happy about that.
To begin
with, there are many things that cannot be bought with money, like health, friends and family. So wealth
would not make people
happy all the time. These things have a stronger impression on emotion than wealth
. For instance
, my neighbour Yu Qian is very rich. One day he got a five million dollars reward while his wife died because of cancer. I don't have seen his smile after that. In addition
, additional economic wealth
usually brings troubles. For example
, I have a friend who got a big reward from a competition. But his house was stolen 3 times in the next
months.
It is undeniable that wealth
plays a necessary role in the lives of individuals. We must expend money to get resources to ensure our survival. So poor people
would be happier if they get additional economic wealth
. With the development of the economy, the economic gap is increasing significantly. Therefore
, there are many poor citizens in developed countries who need additional wealth
to improve their quality of life. However
, when an individual has enough wealth
to buy everything, additional economic wealth
can bring him/her nothing.
In conclusion, in those countries that have already achieved affluence, additional economic wealth
would make poor people
happier but wealthy people
would not be happier.Submitted by qqcfgxy on
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