[coldtea]

>Being satisfied with what you have is what “poor” people (people who can’t have everything) do in order to be happy. What’s the benefit of being rich then?

It's the ability to do what you want with your time, and to (increasingly with more wealth) say fuck you to people who try to force you into this or that.

It's also the increased ability to change things (for you, others, your city, or even your whole country) towards what you want to happen, aka power and influence.

"Being able to buy nice stuff" is the benefit of being rich that poor (or well-offish but still mostly aspiring to greater wealth) people think being rich is about...

[AlbertCory]

A phrase there that needs amplifying: here's an un-original quote

What the point of having fuck-you money, if you never say 'fuck you'?

[keymon-o]

This is your take on being rich and not at all related to what the article was about, what parent said and the point I was trying to make.

[coldtea]

This is rich people's take on being rich. It's not about buying expensive stuff - it can be about that for a while when you're newly rich, but it's a novelty that wears off really fast...