On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:59:50 -0400, Wes wrote:

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Why am I not shocked that a get rich book is a scam?
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What all of these books are selling is the idea of "hope" and the
dream of a better life, more of the instant gratification of a
lottery ticket [even a losing one until the drawing] than slow
and steady work/accumulation over a lifetime.

Its a scam only if you buy it expecting to actually get rich.
The same thing applies to books that will help you get thin, to
have the perfect golf swing, or to become a master chef.

In many cases people that buy these books have bookcases filled
with them, but never pay any attention to what they actually say,
particularly when this involves long term commitment,
practice-practice-practice, delayed gratification, and results
[far] in the indefinite future.


Unka' George [George McDuffee]
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He that will not apply new remedies,
must expect new evils:
for Time is the greatest innovator: and
if Time, of course, alter things to the worse,
and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better,
what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman.
Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).