So Prime Minister David Cameron has decided he needs to "measure the nation’s happiness". Basically what makes the people happy will tell the government what to do to keep the people on their side! The question is of course, what defines happiness? Mr Cameron has hastened to add that this is not a question about politics, but rather how happy are the people of Britain in themselves. How ‘happy’ are they with their health? Their family situation? Their future? Their social life? And it has to come up: their financial status?
The journalists have picked this last bullet up quickly and gone out on to the streets of Britain asking the nation: “Happiness or Money?” Of course the people will say Happiness; they know that money doesn’t provide everything they need. They’ve seen miserable millionaires, billionaires commit suicide, and emotionless faces of the rich and famous splashed across tabloid pages. It’s also the ‘right’ thing to say. We don’t want to look greedy or materialistic on camera! So with a superficial laugh, 99% of the people say they’d rather be happy than be rich.
What I haven’t heard being asked after this initial question is: “What will make you happy?” I’m almost positive that a very high percentage of answers to that question will contain the word: Money!
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