How They Want You

Does the government want you to be successful? Do they want you wealthy, financially independent and well informed? I think you know the answer to these questions. To me it is obvious government officials want you to be a working class American slug. I do not believe they want the majority of people to live in poverty, rather they want you to work your 40+ work week come home and turn on the television and turn off what's left of your mind.

What got me thinking about this was rules for retirement accounts Why, I asked myself, can't I pull MY money out of an IRA early if I had successfully invested it. Why am I limited to how much I can contribute? It made me realize even more that they don't want me to retire at 45 and live carefree for the rest of my years. This also may be why the average American can't invest in things such as Hedge funds (they are only for the wealthy by law).

A financial independent person is a powerful person. You are not dependent on them for handouts such as Medicare or Social Security. You will not vote to increase their power over your life. You will not allow them in to interfere with your life. If you can afford your own health care why do you need them? The same goes for retirement. Anytime you increase your own power the power of the government and the people who run it is diminished. Why would they want that to happen? Whenever a politicians states he or she will fight for working families they mean the will fight to keep you there. It is in their best interest to do that.

The only way for politicians to lose power is for Americans to gain it. This does not happen by asking for handouts or begging the government protect us from our own stupid decisions. It happens by working to and becoming successful.