http://www.ChooseToBeIndependent.comEveryone knows the economy is struggling, it\'s all you hear about on the news, it\'s the only thing anyone talks about when they go out to eat or pick up the phone.\n\nPeople are afraid. They are afraid because they look around and what do they see?\n\n-They see people being foreclosed on and losing their homes\n-They see people\'s retirement funds disappearing from right under their noses\n-They see the stock market plummeting\n-They see the price of oil (and consequently the price of everything else) going through the roof\n\n-And the really smart people see that the middle class in America is slowlydisappearing, leaving you with two options: either extremely wealthy or extremely poor\n\nThis economy doesn\'t paint a very pretty picture, and there is one reason for it:\n\nFinancial Education (or rather, a lack thereof).\n\nThink back to your education. Back when you were in school and learned thingslike Algebra, Geometry, History, Geography, and Calculus. Things like Tax Minimization Strategies, Asset Protection Strategies, Business Structuring, Proper Debt Management Methods...\n\nOh wait, you mean you didn\'t learn all of the things in that second group? Most people don\'t. Strange though, thatthose are the things that cause the most stress in our society, and when you ask most folks these days what they need the most advice on, the answer isn\'t \"algebra.\"\n\nIt\'s \"money,\" or \"debt,\" or \"investments,\" or \"retirement.\"\n\nThe good news is that this economy doesn\'t have to be frightening. It doesn\'t have to be scary and it doesn\'t have to be be the end of the world as you know it. The key is to position yourself so that you are EDUCATED in the RIGHT AREAS to not only survive these troubling times but to THRIVE in them.\n\nMore Millionaires are made during \"troubling\" economic times than insmooth ones, and that is simply because the people who gain wealth learn, and position themselves to benefit from the economic cycle that most people simply aren\'t taught how to benefit from.\n\nThere ARE answers.\n\nThere ARE solutions.\n\nThe key is EDUCATION.\n\nhttp://www.ChooseToBeIndependent.com Base, Business, Economy, Education, Financial, From, Fund, Home, Investment, Market, Opportunity, Retirement, Stock, Wealth, Work