I just think that it's important to be careful not to get wrapped up in the idea that more money= more happiness.  It's the utilitarian logic popping up.  But what if we can be happy with less?  It seems to me that a lot of what drives this need for more money isn't satisfying material needs, it's keeping score.  And in the end no one wins that game, because people who think like that are losers to begin with.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg