I almost fell out of my chair. I wasn’t sure if it was from fact that I was now in my tenth hour of working that day and I was tired or being taken off balance by my surprise at this person’s belief that you don’t have to work at something to be successful. I don’t know why this would really surprise me as I have been hearing people say this type of thing for years.

The fact is my business did extremely well in 2004 and much of that has to do with my knowledge and use of Internet in my overall marketing. It also had to do with fact I am very systematic in my approach to building my business.

“In America's ideal of freedom, citizens find dignity and security of economic independence, instead of laboring on edge of subsistence. This is broader definition of liberty that motivated Homestead Act, Social Security Act, and G.I. Bill of Rights. And now we will extend this vision by reforming great institutions to serve needs of our time. To give every American a stake in promise and future of our country, we will bring highest standards to our schools, and build an ownership society. We will widen ownership of homes and businesses, retirement savings and health insurance - preparing our people for challenges of life in a free society. By making every citizen an agent of his or her own destiny, we will give our fellow Americans greater freedom from want and fear, and make our society more prosperous and just and equal.”

I love sound of words, “ownership society,” but having recently written about how overhead burdens in this country are driving businesses overseas, I didn’t understand how this could happen until I read Journal article and now my hope is soaring.