What is the magic number for financial satisfaction?

[Danger]

I've just revised my answer. I'll take $6,000,000 in 1972 dollars (I don't know the inflation factor) so I can build myself Lindsay Wagner.

 

[BobG]

I've just revised my answer. I'll take $6,000,000 in 1972 dollars (I don't know the inflation factor) so I can build myself Lindsay Wagner.

Wow!

Here I was thinking ... "I only need enough money to supply me a modest house, food, health care, plus enough extra to buy me a Jeep Wrangler (I've had enough of the more practical Cherokee), buy some slide rules, make myself feel good by dropping some money on one of my kids once in a while ... and then you had to go and bring up Lindsay Wagner.

I want $6,000,000, too!

 

[scott1]

Enogh money to buy gas everday without having to sue starbucks for making my coffe too hot

 

[WarrenPlatts]

Nobel and Templeton prizes are weak these days. You need at least $20,000,000 just to break even. Think about it. You need a ranch in Montana or Wyoming with at least a 1,000 acres. And a trust fund for as much fun as you can handle without ODing.

 

[Pengwuino]

Screw this, give me $2,000,000 and I'll toss it into GE or BofA and live off the $80,000 annual dividends.

 

[WarrenPlatts]

$80,000? I hope you're a good dope grower. . . . . :!) :!) :!)

 

[Pengwuino]

Dope grower?

Ok just because I live in California and voted for a democrat for one seat last election...

 

[tribdog]

80,000 isn't enough
I made 50,000 this year and I'm broke

 

[Pengwuino]

80,000 isn't enough
I made 50,000 this year and I'm broke

Stop drinking.

 

[tribdog]

my total alcohol budget is less than 100 a year.
I buy a lot of electronic gadgets, that adds up quite quickly.
and paint brushes get really expensive.
It's amazing how fast money just disappears

 

[Pengwuino]

Man i remember buying a bunch of electornic crap... that is a very expensive disease indeed...

 

[Kazza_765]

Man, I'm a student and I live on about $15,000 a year. Take out all the essentials - rent, bills, car insurance, beer, university fees - and sometimes I'm living on rice and soy sauce for a week at a time.

 

[X-43D]

$20,000 a year is enough. Don't forget that more than half of the world's population are fighting to survive.

As pointed out by the World Bank:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4337872,00.html