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Many people believe money is a very important factor for achieving happiness. Others, however believe that money has nothing to do with happiness. Discuss both views. and give your opinion.

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Money
 is very important for the survival of human beings. Without
money
, one cannot buy food, shelter and clothing which are the basic needs of
people
. Many
people
 believe
money
 is a very important factor to reach
happiness
. Others,
however
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,however
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 believe that
money
 has nothing to do with
happiness
.
This
 has always been a big debate and I will give my opinion throughout the essay.
Happiness
 cannot be bought, we tend to associate
happiness
 with
money
. No one can buy love and
happiness
, not even the richest man in the world. The richest man in the world can be the most miserable person if he does not know love,
does
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and does
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 not have emotion and compassion. Someone can be rich but may find himself alone and unhappy,
furthermore
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,
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it can be that his
money
 attracts other
people
, but it is
fake
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a fake
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 relationship.
On the other hand
, I can tell that
money
 can
contributes
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contribute
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in
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to
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happiness
.
For
example
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,example
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 a
new
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newly
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 wed couple decides to go for a honeymoon on the Hawaiian beach and hotel. Definitely,
money
in
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, in this case,
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this
 case can contribute
in
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to
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 making the couple have good souvenirs of their stay. Sometimes
people
 can afford holidays
in
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with
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 family and
unfortunately
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,unfortunately
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 they are costly. A holiday with the family brings
happiness
 and some good memories as well. Unfortunately, we observe that poor
people
 often
lacks
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lack
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 education and sometimes violence become part of their life.
Personally
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,Personally
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 I believe that love cannot be bought but
however
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,however
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 there are different scenarios where we see that
money
 contributes
in
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to
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 the
happiness
 of
people
.
Money
 is the fundamental base of
someone
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someone's
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 survival nowadays.
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