Hello...and you are? » financial http://www.collicott.net/jess The web site of Jess Collicott Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:01:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Politics of Envy http://www.collicott.net/jess/2008/07/06/socialism-politics-of-envy/ http://www.collicott.net/jess/2008/07/06/socialism-politics-of-envy/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:41:00 +0000 jess http://www.collicott.net/jess/?p=437 In the past, my wife and I have had our eyes opened by Dave Ramsey on how we could manage our money much better, and not only get out of debt, but stay out of debt. We’ve been on the plan for several years now, and we could not be more pleased with the outcome. We now know very much what it means to get out of a position of financial weakness to be purposefully going down a path of strength, and have seen many rewards. If you feel like your money situation is in need of an overhaul, I highly recommend checking out Dave’s podcast to see what he has to say. It costs you nothing to check out the first hour every day, and you’ll got a ton in return. Who knows, you may end up reading the same book we did.

With the glowing endorsement out of the way, this post is really about a recent ‘rant’ Dave made in regards to socialism vs capitalism. I couldn’t agree more. In the last couple of years I’ve felt the encroachment of envy in various areas of our lives. Having someone else try to guilt you into ‘donating’ your precious time, energy, relationships and money to their pet interests is a real peeve of mine now. Check out his couple minute monologue on the topic here:

Bass Fishing and Butt Scratching – or read the transcript (but voice is better)

He later responds to negative feedback in the following clip that’s just as worth the time to listen to:

Butt scratching backlash

So be careful of the “change” you ask for. Not all ideas are created equal!

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