Can money buy happiness?

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This is my reply to a question prompt "Can money buy happiness?"
I think the parts in bold are unidiomatic. I didn't correct them myself as I was advised against posting two versions.

"The catchphrase "Money can buy you happiness" begs the question what happiness is on its own? (Should I use the question mark? ) If we take into considerstion rich people, they logically seem to be happy, since they have money to fulfill their material desires and needs, and they have more access to goods and services. To some people happiness doesn't depend on the material state. People need money to afford caring about their family: money is needed to pay for kids' education, to provide a good house for your family, to ensure they have goods they need. If for a person happiness is in having their material needs and desires fulfilled, he can achive it with money. On the other hand, if happiness for a person means having a loving family, he still needs money to provide them. So to some extent the phrase "Money can buy you happiness is true."
 
This is my reply to a the question prompt "Can money buy happiness?"
I think the parts in bold are unidiomatic. I didn't correct them myself as I was advised against posting two versions.
We've mentioned this bizarre idea of "correcting it yourself" before. It makes no sense. If you think something is wrong and needs correcting, don't post it. Post the best version you can write!
"The catchphrase phrase/proverb/saying "Money can buy you happiness" begs the question "What happiness is happiness?" on its own?

If we take into consideration
Rich people no comma here they logically seem to be happy, which makes sense since they have [more than] enough money to fulfill their material desires and needs, and they have more access to better goods and services.

To some people, happiness doesn't depend on the material state possessions. People need money to afford caring about care for their family: money is needed to pay for kids' education, to provide a good house home for your family, and to ensure they have goods what they need. If for a person someone finds happiness is in having their material needs and desires fulfilled, he they can achieve it with money. On the other hand, However, if happiness for a person someone else means having a loving family, he they still needs need money to provide for them.

So In conclusion/In my opinion, to some extent the phrase "Money can buy you happiness" is, to some extent, is true."
See above.
 
We've mentioned this bizarre idea of "correcting it yourself" before. It makes no sense. If you think something is wrong and needs correcting, don't post it. Post the best version you can write!

See above.
I have some questions, if you please. Why is "goods" correct in 1 but not in 2? Is #3 a fixed experession? I mean because "house" is wrong but "home" works.
1.access to better goods and services.
2.
they have
goods what the..
3.to provide a good
house home
 

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