Building Wealth: A fleeting Dream for most Blacks
I just got off the phone with a new associate that I had met (he and his wife) at the local grocery store. Even in a relatively steady moving environment, like the grocery store, the husband, John, came up to me and start chatting about a new economic opportunity or scheme--one that could make you rich. Needless to say, I've had my share of getting rich schemes. Some are simply corrupt and some are half-baked. Then there are some whose produce is suspect and some that don't make any sense, at all. Most, if not all, are pyramid schemes where one interest is primarily making money versus selling a good product or service. Like I said earlier, everyone who I know wants to be rich and, sometimes, in worse worse way. One sign of some get-rich-quick scheme is what I call secretive advertising . It was when I was invited to this party with the promise of receiving a surprise gift. That surprise turned out to be Amway. Of, course Amway is a multi-billion dollar corporation where one mi