Does Money Buy Happiness?

This is a question to which everyone always answers no. And this is true for the most part. Deep down we can all be happy without any material things or wealth. But here in America as well as around the rest of the planet, money does buy some happiness. Well how does money buy happiness? Its pretty simple. It pays for the things that we want, and the things that we need. There aren't many homeless people skipping down the street, at least not that I have seen. With money we can afford to eat, have good clothes, have AC and heat, and provide the general things that most people need to survive.Numerous studies have shown that the higher in the pay scale you go, generally the happier people are. Now this may sound callous, maybe even snobbish, but unfortunately, more times than not, your level of wealth has a correlation with your happiness in life. Now this is not to say that if your poor, you can never be happy. To achieve true happiness you need love, friends, and family. But it helps when your not stressed about paying bills, driving a nice car, and eating good healthy food.