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Posted by Nettrice, Wed Jul-13-05 03:05 PM
"Wealth is about more than having a lot of money.

With wealth, you have the wherewithal to make other people rich. With wealth, you have riches to pass on to your children, or whoever you like.

Riches, as Rock so aptly notes, can be frittered away in a year by rap stars and other entertainers who spend extravagantly on parties, cars and jewelry. Wealth is not necessarily about having great gobs of money but about having net worth that makes you financially comfortable over the long-term and provides a base on which to build more wealth."

It's like people who go and get stomach by-pass surgery. They think the surgery will make them thin but if they don't have access to the knowledge or resources to change their lifestlye they will waste time, money, and pain...and most likely will gain their weight back or more. Switch the by-pass to money and it's the same thing. However, wealth, like power has a certain dynamic that is already in place. It is this dynamic that people ignore...and why folks keep going in circles about how to fix the Black community. Being rich just doesn't cut it.