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Economic Freedom Matters

Gain a Political and Financial Education to better run your Business

America’s founders knew that liberty was more than just political. They knew that our ability to profit from our own ideas and labor, and then to invest according to our personal principles, is essential to true liberty. No one wants to be a part of a community in which he cannot enjoy the fruits of his own, honest labor.

Our founding fathers rejected the aristocratic system that favored the established rich, and an all-powerful government that would tax and redistribute wealth according to self-serving political interests. Our founding fathers decided to empower the individual to chart, and profit, from his own course without fear of intervention.

Financial Education during Summer Vacation

Although, summer vacation is almost here, there is no vacation when it comes to financial education. There will be pool parties, new swimming suits, SPF sunscreen, and fireworks, but not without money. The school of financial education is one that many of us don’t get to graduate from. This education comes at a cost. Often when we want something the most, we find that past decisions will not allow us to get the house or car that we have fallen in love with. Those who have been fortunate to graduate from a financial college, university or institution, still may not understand how to build personal wealth, enjoy prosperity, or live an abundant life.

Kip Herriage, Are You Serious About Building Great Wealth?

Of the thousands upon thousands of books that have been written on the subject of achieving financial freedom and building lasting wealth (and I have read more than my fair share of them), maybe 10% are actually written by those that have been there, done that. We’ve all read the quote,

“Those that can, do….and those that can’t, teach,”

and while I’ve had some very good professors in my life, the only people that have really helped me to achieve real financial success have been those that have actually done it for themselves. There is simply no replacement for the school of hard knocks.