The path to wealth is owning your own business.
A smart person in the trades, after a few years experience, can open his own business, own his own equipment, and hire people to work for him.
What the US really needs is decentralization, with lots of small businesses.
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Correct. That’s why they’re trying to demolish small business.
Path to wealth is having your own business, and having it be successful. harder to do these days thanks to joepedo and crew.
That, and knowing how to maximize deductions for taxes...
I found out that meant having to stomach (and pay) lawyers, accountants, an HR consulting firm, und-und-und. Couldn't stand those people. Gave it up and went back to work for somebody who could. Probably added 20 years to my life.