Can Money Really Buy Happiness?

For me...yes!

Money...a noun meaning: A commodity, such as gold, or an officially issued coin or paper note that is legally established as an exchangeable equivalent of all other commodities, such as goods and services, and is used as a measure of their comparative values on the market.
Excerpted from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition

I grew up with a family of middle-class income. If I wanted something growing up that was reasonable (not like a race car or a pony), I pretty much got it. Because of growing up that way, I became accustomed to that specific lifestyle. Now as an adult, I strive to maintain the same type of lifestyle. A similar income to when I grew up would provide me with the same type of living that I had become accustomed to. So for me, money would equal comfort and thereby contentment and happiness.

Money buys me health insurance to keep me and my kids healthy. It buys my house to keep us safe. It buys me heat to keep us warm. It buys me cable and video games to keep us entertained. It buys me food to keep us nourished and energized. It buys us all kids of things such as the ones just listed. Having those things gives us a normal and happy lifestyle.

Think about it...
What does money buy you?
Does it make you happy?