IMPORTANT STUFF: People are happier in places that spend more money on public places like parks and libraries!

“We don't pay taxes, we invest in our community.

We got the quality of life”.

mick viking

To date, no serious empirical research has been done to determine how public spending on public goods, in particular, affects welfare. Americans are happier in states that spend more on public goods, such as parks, libraries, infrastructure and public safety, according to a major new study published in the Journal of Social Science Research. The report provides strong evidence that citizens are happier when countries spend more on public goods (compared to the size of a country's economy). Interestingly, this link did not take into account all government spending or spending in other categories, such as social security or education. These categories did not affect well-being in any way. This shows that public spending in the categories available to all has the same effect on the welfare of all. Furthermore, the statistical relationship between the cost of public goods and happiness is much larger and does not change in terms of income, education, gender, and race/ethnicity. Explain that costs have a wide range of benefits in society. These findings suggest that spending on public goods can have a significant impact on the well-being of Americans and, more generally, contribute more to the literature that shows precisely how public policy decisions affect the quality of life of citizens. .

That is to say, if happiness is bought with money, so does public spending on libraries!!