Even though last week was technically the year’s first, this is our first real week here at Working Class Economist and so we’d like to start it off right, which is to say: rich. People make many New Year’s Resolutions and Delusions of Betterment from losing twenty pounds to finally taking that cycling class they’ve been putting off. Well, that’s admirable and people should go for it, but perhaps the biggest non-weight loss resolution every year is to “get rich.”
“Get rich” are two words both realistically abstract and conceptually clear as day. It’s abstract because what is rich? How exactly do you get it? What are you going to do to work towards whatever goal you have (usually this takes the form of some vague start-up business or lofty modeling dream)? And yet it’s clear as day. We all know the answer to “What is rich?” It’s not having to work another day in your life. [You’ll still probably work just to be comfortable, but rich-day dreams mean that you don’t have to.]
So let’s start the ball rolling for each individual user here in Working Class Economist’s Year Two. I like to think of Year One as being a very liberating collection of rants about income inequality and corporate rights over human rights–and there will definitely be some of that this year–but this year I hope to reward longtime Alabama Liberal readers with helpful tips on creating their own wealth instead of just fighting against someone else’s. After all, what better way to fight corporate evil doers than with money of your own? Conversely, how can you fight them if you’re working for them?
And with that I’d like to get the ball rolling. I’d like to welcome anyone to send me get rich quick scheme ideas (that aren’t really just Ponzi scheme rip-offs) and sound off in the comments section about the best way to generate your own wealth in 2012 or what your general money goals are.