"In the final analysis, I may not be able to do anything about the federal government's fiscal cliff, but I can
do something to help the average, everyday American to deal with the
challenges and stresses surrounding what feels like their own recurring monthly fiscal cliff.
Frankly, you can help here too! We call it financial dignity, and it
is embodied in a new movement from civil rights, to silver rights, or
how to make free enterprise and capitalism work for all of these, God's
children: black, white, red, brown and yellow. What if our HOPE Corps of 20,000 professionals, swelled to a national
movement of more than 50,000, or maybe even 100,000 committed American
citizens; all using their skills, talents and abilities in the broader
areas of financial knowledge (financial literacy), the common-sense
business of running and managing a successful household (the number one
cause for divorce in America is money),
small business, entrepreneurship and job creation? We could rally
together a new call for the freedom of self-determination, in an
economic age, and help to set a generation of American dreamers free.
Free -- to help save America, from the inside out. Maybe this is what
Dr. King had in mind when he called forth his final movement of economic
justice for all." — John Hope Bryant, centrist founder of Operation HOPE, a financial literacy organization based in Los Angeles
12/15 Quote Of The Day: Financial Dignity
