The Time Is Right to Change Your Habits
That’s why you feel busier than ever and squeezed financial- ly. The unfortunate fact is that the gap continues to widen. We can ignore it and blame others, or we can create the habits that multiply the income and success in our own homes. The middle class is taking a serious hit. Some even say we are going toward a two-class society. Now, I know that politicians and those pushing their agendas have harped on this point, but I’m “localizing” the conversation—I’m talking about how it affects the economy in your house and within your family. I’m not bashing the wealthy. Heck, in this book I am giving you the habits to become wealthy or increase the wealth you al- ready have. But the statistics don’t lie. If you are not prepared and armed with the right tools, the shift that is happening in America could greatly affect you. And when I saw the graph below, I knew I had to share it. Up until 1981, all classes of income were rising at about the same rate. However, in about 1981 a split started to hap- pen. The 1 percent broke away from the crowd, and since then the top 1 percent of earners’ income has gone up 138 percent, while the bottom 90 percent of earners’ income has only gone up 15 percent. Here is an alarming look at the actual graph. But give me a minute to go through the so-called facts and then let me explain how they impact you.
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