What Schools Will Never Teach You About Money By Robert T. Kiyosaki

Be a Part of the Solution
Many Americans continue to believe that electing new political 
officials will solve the problems the United States faces. This is why 
we’ve seen a second “Tea Party” in America. In 1773, the first Tea 
Party was in Boston, a protest against the British government’s taxation 
(without representation) in America. In 2010, a new Tea Party 
movement protested America’s taxation of Americans.
In 2010, the British government announced that 500,000 
government workers would lose their jobs. Those on welfare will also
see their benefits cut.
In 2010, there were riots in the streets of Paris as the French protested 
increasing the retirement age from 60 to 62.
In 2010, Japan, a nation with a great education system that produces 
hardworking people who save a large percentage of their money, is the 
biggest debtor nation in the world, with their debt at 200 percent of GDP. 
In 2010, China and Russia, once our mortal enemies, traded with 
each other, not in U.S. dollars, but in their respective currencies, the yuan 
and the ruble. This is no different than a banker refusing to lend money 
to a person with a poor credit score.
What does this all mean? It means the party is over. Santa’s sleigh ride 
has ended.
It means capitalism is spreading to third-world nations.
This is good news if you are a capitalist. This is horrible news if you 
are a socialist, someone who expects the government to take care of you.
If you are a capitalist, you can be a part of the solution. If you are a 
socialist, you are the problem. 
Without financial education, most people cannot move on. 
Rather than move on, they live in the past, clinging to financial 
values that are obsolete. Many parents still tell their children to “Go 
to school to get a good job” at a time when jobs are fluid, moving to 
the lowest-labor-cost countries. They continue to advise their kids to 
“Save money” at a time when central banks are printing trillions. And 
many continue to stuff money into their retirement plans at the exact 
moment in history when millions of baby boomers begin withdrawing 
their money from their retirement plans.
As I predicted in Rich Dad’s Prophecy, the perfect financial storm is 
still coming. 
Rather than be a victim, you can take the initiative to improve 
your financial education—a move that gives you the unfair advantage 
of training your mind to see this time of economic crisis and turmoil 
as an opportunity to get further ahead, rather than fall behind and 
have your wealth ripped from you.