The True Cost of Being Poor
Society paints poverty as simply having less. But that's not the whole truth. Not even close.
What I'm about to share isn't theory or hypothetical scenarios. It's my lived experience of how being poor costs you far more than you realize—and the genuine escape routes that most people miss.
The Hidden Poverty Tax: What It Actually Costs to Be Poor
Being poor is expensive. So expensive that it actually keeps people trapped in a vicious cycle that's almost impossible to break without fundamentally changing the game.
So what do I mean when I say being poor is expensive? It's deep, because it truly costs so much to be poor.
First, I want to clarify something: it's not the government's job to get individuals out of poverty. I do believe it's the government's job to solve the poverty epidemic, but not to get us out of poverty personally. They solve the epidemic by offering opportunities.
We have more opportunities in America to become wealthy than in most places. The Constitution essentially gives us the right to own land, property, and make our own money. That's it. We are given more than anybody else in any other country, and I think it's important because so many people don't realize that about our country.
Constitutional Privileges and the Victim Mindset
Here's a hard truth that most people don't want to hear: in America, the problem often isn't a lack of opportunity—it's a failure to recognize the opportunities that already exist.
They either don't know the Constitution gives us those rights and privileges to own our own stuff, or they choose to ignore the privileges given to them. Maybe because we're so spoiled. Being in America is so great, and people take it for granted.
This country was built on certain ideals. The Constitution essentially says that we're owed our own chance—our own "40 acres and a mule" so to speak. That's just an analogy for owning your own land, property, and making your own money. That's it. We are given more opportunities than anybody else in any other country, and I think it is so important because so many people don't realize that about our country.
Think about it deeply. The founding documents of this nation are literally centered around the idea that you can own property, build businesses, and create wealth without arbitrary barriers. No royal bloodline needed. No special permission required. No background check to start an LLC. No government approval to begin building wealth.
But what do most people do with these privileges? Nothing. They ignore them completely.
The Cave of Limited Perception: Why We Can't See Beyond Our Circumstances
What you're experiencing is exactly what Plato described in his famous "Allegory of the Cave" thousands of years ago. This isn't just some casual metaphor—it's one of the most profound philosophical concepts ever developed about human perception and reality.
In Plato's allegory, prisoners have been chained inside a cave since childhood, forced to stare at a blank wall. Behind them burns a fire, and between the fire and prisoners is a walkway where people carry objects, casting shadows on the wall the prisoners can see. These prisoners know nothing else but these shadows—to them, the shadows ARE reality.
The prisoners even name these shadows, create games around identifying them, and build their entire understanding of the world based solely on these projections. They have no concept that a whole world exists outside their limited perspective. The shadows they see are mere imitations of actual objects, yet they believe them to be the most real things in existence.
This perfectly illustrates what happens in poverty. When you're trapped in financial hardship, your entire reality narrows to immediate survival. You can't conceive of the opportunities, possibilities, and freedom that exist beyond your current experience. You're literally chained to a perspective that keeps you staring at shadows while real prosperity exists just beyond your awareness.
The Pain of Breaking Free: Why Most People Stay Stuck
Just as the cave prisoners would fight against anyone trying to free them—because the bright sunlight would be painful to eyes that have only known darkness—many people resist the uncomfortable truths and changes required to escape poverty. They prefer the familiar limitations to the temporary discomfort of growth.
Your entire reality becomes limited to this cave of day-to-day thinking, with these moving shadows on the wall representing the illusion of progress within poverty's confines. But what you perceive as reality is merely a shadow of what's truly possible. That's how powerful the poverty mindset becomes—you literally cannot see beyond your immediate circumstances.
When you don't acknowledge the opportunities you have, what happens? You feel like a victim when you don't receive direct assistance. You look around and say, "Nobody's helping me!" while ignoring the systemic freedoms designed specifically to let you help yourself.
If you don't see the hand trying to help you up, then yeah, it might feel like nobody's there. And that feeling is so very valid because your reality, your world is what you feel and see, and that's it.
From Feeling Abandoned to Finding Leverage Points
Growing up, it felt like no one was there to help me or my family. Nobody. It felt like no one was there. And I understand that feeling completely. But what I didn't realize until much later was that the assistance wasn't going to come in the form of a handout—it was already there in the form of opportunity structures that I hadn't learned to leverage.
This is where the real tragedy begins. People who are poor and don't recognize the options, opportunities, chances, and potential benefits they have are truly trapped. It's so sad to witness. Not knowing what the Constitution means when it says we're owed our own opportunity is literally locking you in that cave.
We are supposed to have freedom. We are supposed to have our own income. We are supposed to be able to work hard and make as much money as we want. We are supposed to, but ignoring that costs you so much. Ignoring that costs you so much more in life than just what you think it does.
Opportunity vs. Outcome: The Critical Distinction
The Constitution wasn't written to guarantee outcomes. It was written to guarantee opportunities. It doesn't promise that everyone will be wealthy—it promises everyone has the right to pursue wealth. This distinction is critical to understand.
When people say the system is rigged against them, what they're often missing is that while there are certainly structural barriers and inequalities, the fundamental right to build, own, and grow hasn't been taken away. The path might be harder for some than others—I acknowledge that completely—but the path exists.
I'm not saying there aren't real systemic issues that disproportionately affect poor people. There absolutely are. Banking discrimination, predatory lending, and educational inequality are real problems. But focusing exclusively on those barriers without simultaneously leveraging the opportunities that do exist keeps people stuck.
The most dangerous belief isn't that the system is unfair—it's that you have no agency within it. That belief becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy that guarantees continued poverty.
The Day-to-Day Reality of Poverty Tax
Let me break this down with a real example I shared recently:
If you grow up going to Dollar General or Dollar Tree because that's all you can afford, you might buy a box of 15 dryer sheets for $1.25. If you do laundry three times a week using one sheet each time, that's 12 dryer sheets per month. You'll need to buy a box every month for $1.25.
But if you went to Target, you could get a box of 240 dryer sheets for $10. That's a much better deal. Just doing the math—if you cut that Target box into tenths, each tenth would contain 24 sheets, double what you get for the same price at the dollar store.
The Target box would last you 20 months instead of just a month. Over that time, you'd save $15 just on dryer sheets alone by buying in bulk.
The problem? When you're poor and have only $100 for all your groceries and household items, you can't spend $10 just on dryer sheets. You're forced to make the financially worse decision because you physically cannot afford to buy in bulk.
That's poverty tax.
Banking fees are another massive expense when you're poor. I used to get a lot of overdraft fees because I didn't have enough money for random expenses—like when my electricity bill would be higher than expected, or if something broke in the house, or if I needed to change a car tire.
My overdraft fees were $15, $20, or $35 each. That would happen 5-10 times a month. The bank would let me overdraft up to $200, $300, even $500 with one bank I used to have. If you're getting charged five overdraft fees of $20 each, that's $100 in fees a month. Over a year, that's $1,200 in fees just for not having enough money.
$1,200 would do you so much good if invested properly. That's about a sixth of the maximum contribution to a Roth IRA. It's crazy that you could spend that much just in overdraft fees to the bank because being poor doesn't allow you to have extra money for a savings account or emergency funds—the exact things that would prevent the overdrafts in the first place.
Housing is another perfect example. Your mortgage payment per month is significantly cheaper than rent would be for the same property. Why? Because every home or apartment is owned by someone who has to pay their own property taxes and expenses. But they're not going to rent it out for exactly what they owe.
If the owner's mortgage is $1,200 a month, they're going to rent it for $1,500, $1,600, or $1,800—market value. They make money, but if you're renting from them, you're paying a lot more than they are because you're further from ownership.
Because you're poor and can't afford to buy a house yourself with the cheaper mortgage, your prices get jacked up. That keeps you from having more discretionary income for other things, from paying down debt faster, from improving your credit score so you can afford a loan to buy a house.
And if your credit score isn't impeccable and you don't have savings, any mortgage you do get approved for will have a high interest rate, once again jacking up your monthly payment.
Then there's the generational poverty tax. If you don't buy a house before you pass away and leave it to your family, they fall into the same situation. But if you force yourself to buy a house, pay it off, and own your home, the next generation can grow up without having to worry about mortgage payments or rent. They can use that extra income to start unwinding the generational poverty tax.
What It Feels Like: The Emotional Weight of Poverty
The worst part about being poor is that you're always fighting and thinking about the now. It's so hard to get out of that mindset when your everyday life is about immediate survival.
Your financial situation keeps you consistently thinking about the now. No matter what your mindset says, no matter how many books you read, your financial situation physically prevents you from thinking about the future. You can't think about next month—you have to think about right now, this week, tomorrow, and that's it.
That's why we develop such fixed mindsets growing up impoverished. Those mindsets become deeply rooted, so you have to fix both your financial situation and your way of thinking.
This is why I constantly talk about how your income only grows to the extent that you do. If you're not changing, if you're not learning, if you're not understanding these concepts, you don't understand the tax of being poor. If you're not reading, educating yourself, trying to make a difference, trying to grow outside yourself, trying to get a better position in a company, trying to own things—if you're not doing all of these things, you're not going to improve your situation.
People say America is built to keep poor people poor, and that's just not true. It's not built that way. I mean, literally look at economics.
Understanding Financial Growth Patterns: Fixed, Variable, and Indexed
I think one of the most powerful financial literacy lessons I learned was understanding the difference between fixed, variable, and indexed accounts—and how this concept applies to everything in your financial life, not just investments.
Fixed accounts are like bank accounts—your money goes in, you get a fixed interest rate, but it doesn't really grow or change much. Variable accounts have your money in the market, subject to market fluctuations. It goes up and down with the stock market, with the value of the market, so it's at risk of loss. Then you've got indexed accounts, which take no loss to the market but have consistent growth and returns. You can't get randomly rich from these accounts, but you also never lose anything.
The three of these balance each other out very well if you have accounts in all three categories. But what really transformed my thinking was when I started applying this fixed, variable, and indexed framework to income streams and careers—not just investment accounts.
I started thinking about a 9-to-5 job as fixed income. Even though it's technically variable (your hours or pay could change), it's essentially fixed because you go to work, make a certain amount for the hours you work, and that's it. That's a fixed job.
Then you've got variable income careers, like real estate. Real estate is a career where you can make more or less money based on how the housing market is doing and based on your skill and abilities. Many businesses also fall into this category—your income varies based on market conditions and your performance.
Finally, there's indexed income—like my business, where as I build it, my income never goes down, it only goes up. Even if the stock market or housing market or the government takes a huge hit, my income won't take a dip at all. It's protected from environmental changes.
Once I understood these principles, it completely changed my outlook on leveraging the financial system. I thought, "Why would I only have one type of income, and why would it be fixed, which is the worst type?" Variable income can make you randomly rich, and indexed income provides safety and stability. Combined, they're much better than only having fixed income.
The country and government offer us opportunities to have all different types of income—that's how you leverage the system. But most people only think in this fixed income mindset. They think they're safe with their money in a bank, with their fixed income job. But that's a dangerous illusion.
If the market crashes again like it did in 2008, guess what happens to your money in the bank? It's gone. Banks are not as secure as people think. And pensions? Pensions are fixed accounts too. What happens to your pension if the company doesn't want to give it to you? They can take it.
You have no real security because the fact that you think you have security in a fixed account, with fixed income or a fixed career, is exactly why you're not secure. If you don't protect yourself by diversifying your income streams across these three categories, and you have all your eggs in that one basket, if anything happens—your job is gone, your income is gone, your accounts are gone. And literally, it could be up to anything or anybody.
Understanding how to apply this financial principle to income streams and career choices was a major breakthrough for me in moving from a poverty mindset to genuine financial literacy. It changed everything about how I approach building wealth.
The True Cost of Missed Opportunities
The cost of being poor goes far beyond immediate financial strain. It includes all the opportunities you miss—and worse, the ones you never even know existed.
College and Education
I couldn't go to Vanderbilt University because I didn't have enough money to go to a school out of state. I got an amazing scholarship from them—about $35-40,000—which would have only left me about $10,000 a year in out-of-state tuition to pay out of pocket. But I couldn't afford it. I couldn't even afford taking out debt or student loans.
I'm grateful that I didn't go to that college because it would have put me on a different path. I went to a great music school instead, one of the best in the state and one of the only debt-free private music schools in the country. That was a good outcome, but it wasn't my first choice.
Investment Opportunities
There were a lot of investment opportunities I missed out on because I didn't have money for them. And because of the people I was around—when you're around poor people all the time, you miss out on countless opportunities that you don't even realize.
Poor people primarily talk about being poor or working jobs that only maintain poverty. They talk about empty promises and dreams but don't take action. So you develop the same habits of inaction.
Being poor and being around poor people cost me relationships with people who took action. I can't even imagine all the options and opportunities I missed because I couldn't see them due to how poor I was.
The Invisible Advantages of Wealth
Now that I have more money and have built a name for myself, I get offers for free $3-5,000 gaming PCs. I can afford them now, but what about five or ten years ago? I couldn't afford that caliber of equipment then. If I had that same benefit five years ago, my content creation career would be much further along than it is now.
I get all these discounts now. I spend less on body care than I have in my entire life—not because I buy less, but because companies give me discounts to promote their products to my followers.
Now that I have better credit, I get better offers for credit cards with lower interest rates. I don't even need to ask or bargain. Same with car loans. You're almost handed these things when you're more wealthy, when you're in a better position, when you're around better people.
I've taken more vacations and trips in the last two years with my firm than in my entire life. And I've spent less money on all of those trips combined than I used to spend on one actual trip. I'm taking free vacations now. That's crazy.
I can buy things in bundles now, and buying in bundles gets you so much free stuff. I like to pay for my entire year of subscriptions at a time. You'd be shocked what electricity companies, water companies, or landlords would do if you offered to pay your entire bill for the year upfront.
They'll give you a month or two off because there's so much more they can do with that money. They'll cut your security deposit or give you other perks.
I called my utility company and asked what would happen if I paid $2,000 upfront for the year. They said, "We'll put $2,200 in your account." Right now, I have a balance of about $700 in my electricity account because I paid ahead.
My budgeting is also so much easier now. I order Walmart delivery every month. On the first of the month, I just click "reorder all" in my Walmart app. Over the last two years, I've gotten to a point where my delivery bill is the same exact cost every month. Nothing changes.
I eat the same thing all the time now. I eat very healthily. I use the same amount of body wash, deodorant, detergent—everything—every single month. I've figured out the perfect way to budget my expenses so that I spend the same amount every month.
It's a completely different position when you're saving so much more money because of all the extra opportunities you get to take.
Why "Making More Money" Isn't the Answer
I started realizing this truth when I was doing taxes about ten years ago. I'd see people who made over $100,000 a year and ask what they did with their lives that year. Their common answer? "I didn't have time for anything—I was working so much."
I remember one family—a retired military father, a doctor mother, and a nurse daughter. Between them, they made over $400,000 annually. Yet when I was looking for investment income or interest from high-yield savings on their tax returns, they had none.
When I asked about some debt forgiveness the mother had received due to "hardship," I was shocked. How could someone in a family earning $400,000 claim financial hardship?
That's when it hit me: I was making around $40,000 a year, and they were making ten times more—yet struggling in the same way I was.
The problem isn't just income—it's foundation.
When you're chasing bigger paychecks instead of building ownership, you end up with nothing sustainable. If your brain is only thinking about today—that poor mindset filter—you'll do things based on the way you already see money.
You'll get into more debt to make more money. You'll find jobs that require more money from you to earn more. You'll chase a nicer apartment or car that depreciates immediately, rather than assets that appreciate and provide ownership.
This is exactly where understanding the difference between fixed, variable, and indexed income becomes crucial. Most people are fixated on increasing their fixed income—getting a slightly better job, a small promotion, or a raise. But they're still trapped in the same fixed income paradigm that offers little security and minimal growth.
Instead of just trying to make "more money" in the same fixed pattern, what if you diversified across all three types of income streams? What if you built sources of income that could grow exponentially (variable) while also creating stability (indexed)? This is the foundation that truly wealthy people understand instinctively.
If you're truly stuck in the "make more money" mindset, ask yourself this: If I gave you $200,000 right now, what exactly would you do with it? Not vague ideas—what's your specific, detailed plan for every dollar?
If you don't know, more money won't solve your problem.
If you said "invest in the stock market"—through which broker? With what strategy? If you plan to hire a financial advisor, you'll need more than just cash; they want to see assets and a track record.
Money solves money problems, but only if you use it correctly. And unfortunately, most people lack the foundation to make those decisions effectively.
The Entrepreneurial Escape Route
I first realized that entrepreneurship—business ownership, 1099 income—was the real way out when I learned about taxes.
People with W-2 income pay 7.8% in Social Security and Medicare taxes, with their employer paying the other half. Self-employed people pay the full 15.6% self-employment tax. Sounds worse, right?
But here's the secret: The amount of tax deductions and credits available with 1099 income is staggering. With an LLC, you can deduct business expenses that W-2 employees simply cannot. With an S-Corp, it gets even better.
Someone making $50,000 in W-2 income will pay their 7.8% in FICA taxes plus their federal tax bracket (probably 12% after the standard deduction). There's almost no way around that.
But someone making $50,000 in self-employment income could potentially write off much of that as business expenses, potentially showing a business loss, and may qualify for business credits. They keep substantially more of their money.
This is where the fixed, variable, and indexed income framework becomes incredibly practical. When you start your own business or generate 1099 income, you're moving away from the purely fixed income model that keeps most people trapped in poverty.
Entrepreneurship allows you to build variable income (through business growth and scaling) while eventually creating indexed income (through systems, passive revenue streams, and ownership of assets that appreciate over time). This diversification protects you from economic downturns in ways a single W-2 income never could.
The constitution allows this intentionally. The country is designed for you to build ownership, not just earn a W-2 paycheck. A 1099-NEC form is as much a financial tool as a 401(k), an IUL, or a bank account.
That's why I encourage everyone to do something that generates 1099 income—even if it's just referring clients to companies like mine. Those referral partners get 1099 forms from my company, allowing them to take business deductions and credits that keep more of their hard-earned money. That's how you start building wealth.
The Emotional Battle Nobody Warns You About
I had massive misconceptions about entrepreneurship before I started. I never thought it would take such an emotional toll on me—making me want to quit so frequently.
I learned that I don't work nearly as hard as I thought I did. When you work for a paycheck based on time, you can give all the time you've got. But entrepreneurship isn't about time—it's about skill, talent, natural ability, human connection, leadership, and overcoming constant rejection.
There's a lot of pain in facing that you're not as good as you thought you were. And it makes you want to quit all the time.
With a W-2 job, there's really only one reason to quit: they don't treat you right. But when you work for yourself, you have countless reasons to quit because nobody's stopping you but you. When you're the only person in your way, that creates a whole different battle:
"I can't do this."
"I'm not good enough."
"My clients all reject me."
It definitely wasn't as easy as I thought—it was far harder. But it was worth it. I pushed through, and it was worth all the pain, all the issues, all the wanting to quit.
I'm still on that journey now, helping others who want to quit. At least it was worth it and has been worth it.
My First Taste of True Ownership
My first real taste of ownership came when I was invited to a conference that was by invitation only for individuals who had done something very specific in their business.
I was so new at that point that I hadn't fully taken ownership of the things I had done because I was just starting out. But I had done what I was coached on, which is about 80% more than what most people do. Most people don't follow coaching in entrepreneurship, and most don't even have a coach.
I did everything they told me with motivation and encouragement. Even though I was too new to qualify for the conference, I was hand-selected by the CEO of my agency because of my efforts.
It didn't hit me until I was at the conference that I was hand-selected to be part of some very elite business professionals from across all types of industries. That's when it hit me—these are the kind of people I want to be around.
The people around me before didn't want anything. They didn't want to own anything or build something that was theirs. They didn't want to impact the world.
There's Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, where you take care of yourself first, then your family, then your community, then society, then the world. People around me were always in survival mode, always trying to take care of themselves.
That's fine because they haven't gotten to a point where they and their family are okay enough to take care of their community, state, country, and world.
Before that conference, I was around people who were constantly trying to take care of themselves or maybe their family. But at the conference, I was around people whose families and themselves were taken care of so much that they were now trying to take care of others.
Many people think, "Why would I want to take care of other people? I have to take care of myself first." Yes, but if you take care of yourself and your family and you're all good, then what? Most people don't think that far because they're thinking day-to-day. They haven't gotten themselves and their families to that point.
The real taste of ownership came when I realized somebody thought I deserved to be around people like this because of what I was doing for myself and my business. These were the people I wanted to be around.
I had done things to deserve being in that room with people who are at such a caliber that they want to take care of others. It showed me why I'm in business—because I want to get myself together, get my life together, get my family's life together, and then take care of others.
Breaking the Cycle: From Survival Mode to Strategic Ownership
I want to be completely transparent about my journey out of survival mode.
I was kicked out of the military, which shook my finances tremendously. I had been living on the same paycheck for so long, thinking, "If I stay in the Marine Corps, I'll be okay. I'll be alright. I won't have to worry about anything."
After that, I worked at a company making $9 an hour as a basic crew member. It was fine—just something chill that didn't require much. I got the chance to explore other things and had the time and space to correct my mental health.
After a few months, I got promoted to the top of the company, and that's when all the stress set in. I made less money relative to how much I was working, and it was sad to realize how little I was making for the amount of work I was doing.
I found myself again relying on that same fixed paycheck for security. When I was offered the opportunity to start my current business, I almost had to say no. There weren't many startup costs, just licensing fees. But the time commitment was the issue.
I was working 70+ hours a week, making $32,000 a year. I didn't have the time or money to get licensed for a side business, and I had no savings.
My recruiter looked at me and said, "How does it feel to work 70+ hours a week, making $32,000 a year running someone else's entire company because they're too lazy to run their own company—and not have a little time to work a few hours part-time or a little money to get licensed?"
When she put it that way, it hit me. I had been at the company for almost a year, made massive changes, done so much, and I didn't have the ability to do something for myself. It felt exactly like when I was in the Marine Corps.
I realized I was repeating the same pattern, so I decided to figure out my life and do something to make it worth living, to give myself freedom and stop missing opportunities like this.
If I had missed that opportunity, I wouldn't have anything I have now—not my friends, not my firm, not my coaching business, not my content creation, not my channels, not my followership, not my communities, not my income, not my time with family, not my vacations. I wouldn't have any of this if I had said no.
I meet so many people looking for a change but not taking opportunities because of time or money constraints. The very thing they want to change (no time, no money) becomes their excuse for not changing it.
If your reason for not starting a business is wanting more family time, consider this: Yes, taking on a side business while working full-time would temporarily take more time away from your family.
But if you start a business part-time while working, and then make enough income to go full-time in your business and quit your job, now you have more control. You have leverage because your full-time business pays you more than your part-time job.
Eventually, your business makes so much money that you don't need your job at all, and now you have even more time. But because we're so fixed on thinking day-to-day, it's hard to think about the future.
We only think, "I want more family time right now." And yes, adding something else means sacrificing something short-term, probably family time. But is working at your full-time job for the rest of your life going to give you more time with your family? No, because you're already dissatisfied right now.
What if it took you three years to finally get as much family time as you want? Is that worth it? Is three years of extra work worth having the rest of your life with them? Or would you rather continue complaining and never have the time you want with your family because you don't want to make a short-term sacrifice?
The worst part is that when people do finally take that opportunity, they often discover they were much closer to achieving what they wanted than they ever thought possible. They realize that the mountain they imagined climbing was actually more like a hill. Had they started sooner, they would have reached their goal much faster.
When people do choose to start a business part-time, they often end up getting more time with their family anyway. They force themselves to have the life they want while working their business part-time. Then they reach a point where they don't need their full-time job, and it happens sooner than expected.
But people never even take the opportunity because they only think about day-to-day.
The Ultimate Truth About Poverty's Cost
Looking back, I don't think you notice losing money in the moment because you're not losing money out of your hands right then. It's the opportunity cost—what you could have had, what you could have kept.
You don't feel the sting of losing money until you look back over vast amounts of time and realize how much money you could have had.
I've probably made over a million dollars in income over my lifetime. When I think about what I have to show for that million dollars, what pains me most is the fact that I wasn't in control during the last 13-15 years of my life. I didn't know what to do with that money.
I wasn't knowledgeable. I didn't have the right things in place. I was too broke, too poor. I was powerless against my situation.
I don't want to sound like a victim, but that's the reality. Take someone who's made $500,000 over ten years—what do they have to show for it? Probably nothing.
If someone was 40 years old with 25 years of working time, making $50,000 a year on average since they were 16, that's about $1,250,000 over their lifetime. What would they have to show for it? Do they have investments? Good retirement plans? Their own house? Their own car? Or are they still renting, leasing, financing?
What do they have to show for a million dollars of income? The most frustrating part is that they have nothing because they had nothing—no core understanding. They weren't powerless; they just didn't know or turned a blind eye to the benefits available.
The Path Forward
I've answered a lot of these questions in my previous blog post: "I Thought I Needed More Streams of Income, I Actually Needed This...". I'd encourage you to read that for an even deeper dive into the mindset shifts needed to break out of poverty.
The truth is, it's so much harder and more expensive being poor. The country isn't built for you to be poor—but it's also not their job to get you out of being poor. It's their job to solve the poor epidemic by offering you the opportunity to make it on your own.
That's why you don't need a background check to set up your LLC and establish business credit. But many people choose to blame everyone else instead of acknowledging their lack of effort.
Your income only grows to the extent that you do. Building a foundation of ownership isn't just about making more money—it's about completely changing the rules you play by.
Are you ready to stop paying the poverty tax?
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