This is the week American families across the land – no matter what percent they fall into – traditionally gather around a feast-laden table and give thanks for the bounty they have been blessed with.
One of those blessings should include the 401(k). (Why? See "Plan Sponsors Smile: Hooray for the 401(k)!" FiduciaryNews, November 22, 2011.) For many of the elite, this might seem an odd thing to bless, but it's not the first time in history they just didn't get it.
The establishment hated Galileo and Galileo loved it that they did. By the late sixteenth century, after suffering through the ignominy of the Reformation and on the heels of the Inquisition, the Jesuits who represented science had abandoned the scientific process invented by Aristotle by idolizing him. Galileo realized this and was all too happy to use his new and improved telescope (invented not by the famous Italian but by the less famous Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey) to use the very methods of Aristotle to attack this Aristotelian idolatry.
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Christopher Carosa
Chris Carosa has been writing a weekly article and monthly column for BenefitsPRO online and BenefitsPRO Magazine since 2011 and is a nationally recognized award-winning writer, researcher and speaker. He’s written seven books, including From Cradle to Retire: The Child IRA; Hey! What’s My Number? – How to Increase the Odds You Will Retire in Comfort; A Pizza The Action: Everything I Ever Learned About Business I Learned By Working in a Pizza Stand at the Erie County Fair; and the widely acclaimed 401(k) Fiduciary Solutions. Carosa is also Chief Contributing Editor of the authoritative trade journal FiduciaryNews.com and publisher of the Mendon-Honeoye Falls-Lima Sentinel, a weekly community newspaper he founded in 1989. Currently serving as President of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and with more than 1,000 articles published in various publications, he appears regularly in the national media. A “parallel” entrepreneur, he actively runs a handful of businesses, including a small boutique investment adviser, providing hands-on experience for his writing. A trained astrophysicist, he also holds an MBA and has been designated a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor. Share your thoughts and story ideas with him through Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christophercarosa/)and Twitter (https://twitter.com/ChrisCarosa).
