“Forget your troubles, c’mon get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout “hallelujah”, c’mon get happy
Get ready for the judgement day”
~ Come On, Get Happy, The Partridge Family
Written by Bryan Lutz, Editor at Dollarcollapse.com:
Despite all the ups and downs in the United States during 2025, the financial doom and gloom, and the raging leftist remnant slowly being dismantled in the Deep State, happiness levels are still at world highs.
Even though they are struggling, many people believe they got it pretty good.
With the happiest places on earth being Costa Rica, Finland, and the rest of Scandinavia, Canada and the United States aren’t far behind.
As it turns out, attitude plays a major role…
Even with the climbing cost of being a middle class citizen, Americans are relatively happy.
CNBC reports:
The salary you need to be considered middle class in every U.S. state
“A six-figure household income doesn’t necessarily make you rich — in many cases, it just means you’re middle class.
The upper bound of what’s considered middle class for households exceeds $100,000 in every U.S. state, according to a SmartAsset analysis of 2023 income data, the most recent available from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The report, which crunched the numbers for all 50 states, is based on Pew Research’s definition of middle class: two-thirds to double the median household income.
On that measure, Massachusetts has the highest threshold for middle-class salaries, overtaking New Jersey from last year’s rankings.
A household there needs between $66,565 and $199,716 to be considered middle class, with the upper boundary increasing by nearly $11,000 from the previous report.”
In fact, when I was working with Canadian Veterans several years ago, I found there was only one difference between those that excelled in serving their community and those that relied on others for their everyday mental health.
That difference was a positive attitude.
Because they believed in a better outcome.
But before you lean into cynicism, you should know this.
Some of these guys lived through WWII.
Others were war babies.
So they were born in WWII with next to nothing.
They didn’t simply “flip a switch.”
And then, “POOF” and positive attitude.
They endured because they saw whatever available as opportunity.
And, I’m willing to bet that if you look at the most unhappy places in the world it is the result of having less opportunity.
Not just perceived opportunity, but real, less opportunity.
So even if there is some kind of coming change in the monetary system.
Some kind of new economic environment soon…
Even the thought of a changing monetary system will inspire some people towards depression and anger, and others toward opportunity, happiness, and freedom.
