Money and happiness

Money may not buy happiness but a sad person without money will be sadder still.

People who say money may not buy happiness will already have oodles of moolah. My wish is that they lose the oodles. Then they can truly say if it's better to be sad with money or sad without money. And whether they are in fact happier with NO money. Then I'll be able to say who is the liar.

Before anyone says money will not buy happiness, he had better speak to

• the person who has not had a decent meal for years for lack of money;
• the parent whose baby is crying itself hoarse because its dad hasn't the money to buy it milk or take it to a doctor
• the elderly woman who is sick and yet has to clean the dirty public toilets at a hawker centre because if she doesn't, she'll not only be sick but she'll starve as well
• the sickly old man pushing his invalid wife in a broken-down wheel-chair over uneven ground to try and get to shelter before the drizzle turns into a tropical storm.

I can go on listing but you get the picture?