http://www.peakprosperity.com/blog/92594/self-employed-middle-class-hardly-exists-anymore
Many people rightly aspire to improve their household's state of
resilience through actions such as storing emergency supplies, starting a
vegetable garden, and learning basic readiness/maintenance skills, etc.
In general, resilience boils down to self-reliance. But like it or not,
in our largely urbanized society, true long-term self-reliance needs to
include some measure of financial independence.
By 'financial independence' I don’t mean so much wealth that you no
longer have to earn a living. Rather, in this discussion, financial
independence means owning income streams that you control lock, stock
and barrel. Some of this income may be passive (for example, royalties
earned off a patent you own) but for most people, 'independent' income
is actively earned via their own labor (i.e. self-employment).
Of course, the easiest path to financial independence is being born
into a wealthy, well-connected family. But since few of us win that
born-rich lottery, this article addresses the important question: How do “the rest of us” carve out financial independence?
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