Wealth - Politicians - Success - Happiness

I dislike and distrust all politicians regardless of what party they belong to.  My reasons are simple:

• If politicians really cared about the people, they would vote themselves term limits...
• If politicians really cared about the people, they would eliminate ALL WEALTHY BASED TAX SHELTERS...
• If politicians really cared about the people, they would tax LARGE NON-PROFITS LIKE HARVARD UNIVERSITY...

I became interested in politics in 1966 and none of these items have ever been discussed by politicians on with side for over FIFTY YEARS almost SIXTY YEARS.

This leads me to believe it will never happen, and if it never happens then the MIDDLE CLASS will never be any better off than they always have been due to salary increases counterbalanced by inflation and economic growth.

However, there are several people who have managed to crawl out of the middle class and become wealthy like:

• Actors/Actresses
• Musicians
• Athletes
• Writers/Artists
• Entrepreneurs
• Visionaries

What is interesting about these exceptions is that they only represent TEN PERCENT OR LESS of the current population.

Trying to get ahead unless you possess some of these unique skills is like SPITTING IN THE WIND...

The best strategy is to focus on yourself, accept where you are, don't be influenced by greed or jealousy, eliminate debt, carve out your unique future and save as much as you can for retirement...

You will not become WEALTHY, but you will have a successful life, and if you can eliminate all the outside influences and sales techniques, you will have a relatively stress free and happy life.

Don't wait until you have retired to come to this realization.