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[QUOTE="Planet_Pluto"]
If money can not buy happiness, why take it from some people and redistribute it to other people?
Planet_Pluto
Let's assume this is really happening. Do you have any evidence that people are happier because of this? You don't seem very happy about it.I didn't say whether or not I felt money can buy happiness. I was following TC's premise. However, in the event that it could bring happiness, why would I be happy to work hard, and have the fruits of that labor given to someone else (with no say in the matter). I'm always willing to donate time and money to causes/organizations that I believe are doing good work. I would rather give by choice than have things taken from me and given to who-knows by who-knows. The fruits of your labor is not only the money you acquire but what it does for you on a personal level.As a few examples how motivation is not related to money. I spend thousands of hours a year training my body to peaks of physical perfection, not because I can acquire money from it, or put it on display, but because it satisfies many levels of my personal interests. I also enjoy doing yard work. It's hard work. The yard I take care of is large. The reward isn't that somebody is paying me. It's the pleasure I find in the activity itself as well as the admiration of the result.
Also, the job I enjoyed the most in my life, was the one that paid the least amount of money. The job was at a cemetary, and the day was spent outside, taking care of the cemetary and making sure it looked nice for the people who would come to visit the people buried their. IT was not easy work, but it was very rewarding. And definately worth being outside. I would gladly do this job for my entire life if it were made available to me again.
These are small examples. But I do believe they adequetely demonstrate that motivation is not entirely related to monetary reward alone.
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