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  Hahaha i think Mark Cuban(?) has said something similar when asked that question — “find me someone who is unhappy with a billion dollars”
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  Money can absolutely buy happiness. Whoever coined that phrase that has never had to live paycheck to paycheck. >
  
  The phrase is more about hoarding money than actually having money and buying things you need. >
  
  Then it is a saying only applicable to the 1%. For ordinary people, money can buy happiness. It's not as simple as going to the happiness store and buying units of happiness, but people who can pay the bills and afford a few luxuries are happier than those who can't. >
  
  In an interview with John Travolta, the reporter asked him his thoughts on the concept that money can’t but happiness. 
  His response “Sure money can’t buy happiness but it can buy a private island and I’m pretty damn happy on my private island.”