In any world and in all cultures we all strive to achieve happiness. We may go about it in may different ways but the goal is always the same: to be happy with our selves and our lives. It's the government's job to pass laws that help in the pursuit of happiness but unfortunately this is not an easy task as everyone has a different version of happiness. This does not stop us from making them try. If there was one policy that I would pass in the island of Aipotu in an attempt to help people be happier it would be to allow for more government sponsered (not run though) social entertainment opportunites. By this I mean the govenment would pay for things like city parks, amument parks, picnics, and conserts, and so on and so forth. It would attempt to include options for everyone and if a person thought an event should be sponserd the could petition the government. These events would be acesiable to all through free public transportation and free or insanely cheap admissions. This would allow people to interact and for m strong connections with those around them as well as forming a sense of kinship with their neighbors and country men. Helpful to the people as well as the government. Now there are many many other ways for a government to help raise the happiness of its people but I believe this is a good way to do something for everyone. Plus it just sounds fun.
I agree with you Kelsey, one of the happiest places to live in the world is Denmark. So many people in societies are unhappy because of not knowing how to pay for many things such as health insurance, retirement, sick leave and family time such as materity leave. But at what cost would people be willing to go to have have some peace of mind. In Denmark they pay about 50% of their wages in taxes and they dont mind doing so because of the amount of stress it takes off of them. Unfortionatly we as Americans will more than likely ever have the chance to experience these freedoms from stress because of our capitalistic society.
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