Wonderful article, Erin. Thanks. You and Steve are two people I am genuinely happy to see are wealthy. I think you both really deserve your wealth. Your success shows that sometimes, life _is_ fair and good people really can and do get ahead.
Thanks for helping chip away at my inner resistance to achieving wealth, and also showing me that I'm well on my way to being inwardly at peace with/ready to be wealthy.
I already have nothing against rich people unless they actually are hurting people to make money. Even if they're "lazy", fine with me, I think everyone in a free society should have the right to not be coerced to be unlazy.
I think my main obstacles now are learning to tolerate the IRS, and the fact that I might feel guilty about having to say no to at least some of the people who might ask me for money if I were wealthy (since there would probably be so many that I wouldn't be wealthy anymore if I gave a lot all at once to every worthy recipient who asked).
But, I can see that if I were wealthy, I would probably be in a much better position to help change the laws and public opinion about income taxes.
And, while I might feel a little guilty about not being able to immediately give huge amounts of money to every worthy recipient who asked, I shouldn't, because I would feel far more guilty if I did something as stupid as giving away all my power and amassed resources (which I could use to make even more money to give away) by giving away so much wealth that it would make me poor again.
Thanks to Steve too. I love this quote:
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“How can you save someone who is drowning if you can’t swim yourself? How can you rescue someone else when you’re not on safe ground? How does you being poor help a poor person? Do you think poor people want you to pat them on the back and tell them you feel sorry for them, or do you think poor people want you to give them money and/or help? If you don’t have any money, how can you give any away?”
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Thanks again.
Best wishes,
Apollia