Used to be that anyone with half a brain and a willingness to take on a good dose of hard work, could easily get by.
With asset inflating programs, like this private involvement, infrastructure bank, for the benefit of the unimaginative non contributing financial sector, the "rents" on true enterprise have gone through the roof. One customer, with his own business, is paying $600 a month to the 407 fund alone.
Fortunately, for me, research for the safest and highest returning stocks has turned out to be one of the most interesting activities. The investment industry runs like a soap opera. The contradictions are hilarious.