[lbaskin]

Exactly. While this may be true for some - as you said "not having enough money is a good reason not to be happy." Status alone isn't the question - it's what "enough money" means. For some, that may mean enough to lord it over all of your friends - and for many it may mean enough to support your family and not ever worry about putting food on the table (along with a vacation and buying most of what you want, mostly whenever you want) - and for others it means enough money being able to do whatever they want whenever they want to do it, period. But saying it's just status alone is just crap.