[Buddha-l] Republicans are happier ?

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Richard Hayes schreef:
> On Wednesday 13 February 2008 10:51, Franz Metcalf wrote:
>
>   
>> Richard, shall we take the survey's implicit recommendation and jump
>> on the elephant's back?
>>     
>
> Suit yourself, Franz. The article makes it pretty clear that more Republicans 
> than Democrats describe themselves as very happy, but the majority (55%) of 
> Republicans do not describe themselves that way. Given that being Republican 
> is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for being very happy, I'd be 
> inclined to choose a political affiliation by some other criterion.
>
> Yesterday I received an e-mail from a Quaker lobbying outfit that bore this 
> sobering information: if you are a tax-paying American, then 43% of your tax 
> dollars are going to support the military. 
>
>
>   
This seems to me a solid reason to be less happy than a republican who 
thinks the money is well spent.

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Erik

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