The Secret to Getting Rich

You can't wish yourself into getting rich. The only proven ways to get rich are family connections, monumental luck or the one you should most seriously entertain: doing something you really like and working as hard as it takes.

Forget all these get rich quick schemes, they're just a rip off. They look for people who have no hope and then take what little money they have by promising them riches. If someone charges you for a secret to becoming wealthy then you know something is wrong.

Most rich people say they were willing to work harder than the next guy to become rich. This doesn't apply, of course, to people who are born into wealthy families.

Get Rich Quick

While there are examples of people who get rich quick, the vast majority of people never will. If anyone offers you an opportunity to get rich quick, run as fast as you can. The only proven way to become wealthy is to do something you love and work hard over time. Perhaps admitting greed and laziness is the first step toward not falling for get rich quick schemes.

This in no way excuses the predatory practices of hucksters who make money off vulnerable people. What kind of person preys on the poor and desperate? That should tell you something about the caliber of people promoting get rich quick schemes.

Class Warfare

Everyone is so worried about the classes being in conflict. The only people who really worry, though, are those who are incredibly rich and don't want any of them poor folks taking it away from them. So they scream "Class Warfare!" anytime someone starts getting the real picture of how this all works.

Ask yourself this: What is the difference between a rich person who freely gives to those less fortunate and another rich person who just keeps amassing wealth? Guess which one is most afraid of class warfare?

Conservative Hypocrites

Let me sum this up with one easy example. Let's say a conservative believes in spanking and regularly spanks a child because, "You don't spare the rod." Later that day, the child is hitting her little sister and the parent says, "Don't hit," while hitting the child.

Want another example? A conservative claims they are compassionate but does everything in her power to keep poor people poor and deny everyone healthcare.

Want another example? A conservative gives a turkey to a starving family at Christmas or Thanksgiving once a year and votes for the same people that will reduce funding for programs to help that family get ahead.

Want another example? A conservative believes in fighting those who attack us but also supports a policy that gets people so mad at us that they are more likely to attack us over and over in the future.

Want another example? A conservative says they are for fiscal discipline and doesn't blink an eye when fully one quarter of the entire budget goes to defense and the country is plunged into unthinkable debt.

Want another example? You get the point.

Debunking Conservatives

Try this sometime. Ask a conservative to explain one of their points of view by walking you through a logical breakdown of how it works. For example, cutting taxes. Ask them to show you how all this money gets given by the rich people to the poor. Make sure they tell you about all the ways the poor are benefiting and how great all the jobs and benefits are for the working class. Ask them to elaborate on how we will pay for growing services to a growing population with a shrinking tax base. Ask them who benefits the most from tax cuts. I'm sure it's the person working at the fast food place.

I think you will find it interesting what happens when you ask a conservative to explain something beyond ideology. It's one thing to say, "The tax cuts have grown the economy," it's another to describe what sectors have grown and who has benefited. I'm sure the fast food worker is enjoying the benefits of the food and gas prices these tax cuts have helped bring about.

Always ask yourself, "Who is really benefiting from this policy?"