Post: #1

So much for "money won't make you happy."

I'm not surprised at the political views part either, since people with "extreme" political views can fall on the left or right, and with enough money can get things done which comport with those views. Soros, Buffet, Adelson, etc. are all examples.

Quote:The General Social Survey asks participants whether they identify as members of the upper, middle, working, or lower class. In the wake of the Great Recession, which wiped out millions of middle-class jobs and trillions of dollars of wealth, the number of people who self-identify as “lower class” and “working class” has noticeably increased.

And it turns out there’s a 17-point gap between the happiness in lower- and upper-class marriages.

I don't think it's as simple as just another recession, but I believe the happiness stats.

Quote:But it’s worrying that people in the working and lower classes are so much less happy than the general population. Other research also shows poorer Americans having a tougher time getting and staying married....

Americans’ economic worries may be bleeding into family life in toxic ways. People with insecure jobs often say they’re resigned to that insecurity, according to research by University of Virginia sociologist Allison Pugh. But such people act differently from those in more secure financial situations, she found. They have higher—and more rigid—expectations of their partners, for example.

That last bit means when both have to work to make ends meet, it turns into a roommate arrangement. This doesn't happen to a rich guy - he just pays the operating costs - until he gets a divorce and dumps her for the next one.

Quote:“The precariousness of work makes couples anxious about commitment, especially when they don’t have a significant financial cushion,”

"The precariousness of work" is supposed to be the lingering effects of a recession, I guess. Or maybe it's technology eliminating all those jobs? Some are being killed by technology, definitely. But many others are filled largely by an artificially high supply of cheap labor from Latin America, such as DREAMers doing manual labor. Meanwhile, the good jobs in the middle class is being gutted by H1-B South Asians doing shoddy IT work after their predecessors (usually unsuspecting middle class whites) are forced to train them.

The survey did not break down how many of each type of rich person was surveyed, but I suspect there were more liberals in the mix than conservatives. While the stereotype of rich guys are as conservatives, that's not the case at all in Silicon Valley, NYC, DC - hell, just about everywhere. The Bilderberg click ain't exactly the John Birch Society.

Quote: Pugh said. At the same time, people with fewer economic advantages often see marriage as a big deal, a “capstone event,” she said. “To have them then be less likely to be happy in marriage seems like the toughest kind of bait-and-switch.”

That assumes the girl planned on sticking around for the duration. Given that over 75% of divorces are initiated by females, it's hard to think she was any kind of victim of a "bait and switch."

Post: #2

Buffet is not Far Left by any definition. Talk about shoehorning reality into a point.

Post: #3

Well, Buffet made the team.

And who do you think qualifies, under this study, as "far right?" They probably counted Jeb Bush in there.