A Brief History of the Almanack - Part II

And observing that it was generally read, (scarce any neighborhood in the province being without it,) I considered it as a proper vehicle for conveying instruction among the common people, who bought scarcely any other books. B. Franklin

In today’s world of mass communication—TV, satellite radio, cell phones that are more powerful than the computers that put man on the moon, print on demand publishing and more than anything else, the internet—is it any wonder that Americans are overwhelmed and going in dozens of conflicting financial directions?

Not so in Benjamin Franklin’s day; his simple ‘Almanack’ touched almost everyone in America; the profound wisdom it conveyed contributed to the amazing social and economic accomplishments of individuals and of America as a whole.

In the past thirty years America has been tricked into thinking that the simple ideas found in ‘The Way to Wealth’ are somehow flawed. Americans have been misled and misinformed about how to

create wealth and manage money by greedy Wall Street Wonks and the Dolts in DC that lust for power.

BUNK!

The ‘Way to Wealth’ is still “a proper vehicle for conveying instruction” to Americans.

Think it through...