Ramit Sethi

We hate them for evading tax increases.

We hate them for being evil capitalists.

And...

These simple labels actually do us a disservice.

You want to be good at money?

You better learn how it works.

You better learn how it works on the individual level.

We're talking about your four key numbers, your debt payoff date.

You got to know these things.

And we need to understand that just because you have money does not mean you are evil or bad.

But if you have billions and you argue against paying a slight marginal tax increase

You might be an asshole.

No.

My political outspokenness was more at my revulsion at what Donald Trump was saying.

You know, he was calling Mexicans rapists and saying other horrific things.

And I realized in that moment, if I cannot speak up, somebody who runs their own business, who has a large platform, somebody who looks like me,

then who can?

For the most part, the personal finance world, particularly in the media, has often been right wing coded.

Personal finance personalities will bring people on their show who are making obviously poor financial decisions.

They will subject them to mockery over and why did you do that?