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The columnist concludes that people become less happy as they get wealthier. She supports this by saying that while money can fulfill some desires, it also creates more desires that can never be satisfied.

The columnist assumes that having more unsatisfied desires makes one less happy. She also assumes that wealth can only satisfy a limited amount of desires.

The columnist doesn’t make any claims about “the highest level of happiness.” Instead, she argues that as people get wealthier, they also get less happy. (A) fails to address this conclusion.

The columnist assumes that having more unfulfilled desires makes one less happy. This is the same as saying that having fewer unfulfilled desires makes one more happy. Thus, (B) strengthens the argument by reinforcing this assumption.

The argument assumes that having more unsatisfied desires makes one less happy. Whether having satisfied desires makes one more or less happy is not relevant.

The fact that wealthy people generally want to be even wealthier does not necessarily reflect those people’s happiness. (D) thus fails to address the conclusion that increased wealth leads to decreased happiness.

The columnist is discussing the link between desire satisfaction and happiness. The fact that there are other factors that can affect happiness actually weakens her argument by undermining this link.

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