Last night Bill Bartmann had the opportunity to appear on CNBC’s Kudlow & Company to debate with William Isaacs, the former Chairman of the FDIC regarding the number of future bank failures.

As Bill drove home from the TV studio, he could not help but think about what a great country this is we live in and what wonderful opportunities abound for all of us.  Bill also could not help but smile when he realized how ironic it was that he had just debated the former Chairman of the FDIC on national television.

Let me explain.

When it comes to acquiring wealth, the general public has two major blind spots:

1. They have no idea that bad economies are actually the best times to generate wealth;
2. They truly believe that they have to have lots of money, connections, education and experience to become wealthy.

Nothing could be further from the truth. I’m living proof of that and so is one of my partners, Bill Bartmann.

If you were to read Bill’s biography, I do believe you would be totally shocked at where he came from to where he’s been.

Is there anything better than someone deeply committed to standing with you through thick and thin, good times and bad?

Ice cream was invented in 2000 B.C., yet it was 3,900 years later before the ice cream cone was invented!

Meat was on this Earth before man and bread was first baked in 2600 B.C. yet, it took another 4,300 years before the sandwich!

The modern flush toilet was invented in 1775 by Alexander Cummings (although the “idea” of flushing your waste away dates back to at least circa 31st century BC) but it wasn’t until 1857 that Joseph Gayetty invented the modern commercially available toilet paper in the United States. So many products that we take for granted that were simple enough, yet no one had thought of them until much later.

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