Response 1

             It was one of the most disastrous days in United States history. Buildings being destroyed. Endless amounts of shrapnel from these destroyed buildings flooding the streets of New York. Even worse, thousands of people had died due to a heartless act by a terrorist network. That day was September 11, 2001 and it will forever live in every Americans' heart. That day had such an effect on the country in many different ways. There were so many jobs lost, people's homes were destroyed, and the country suffered a huge economic decline. For instance, my father owns a spray concrete business and he was very much affected by September 11th in that his sales drastically declined to the point where there were hardly any customers calling in saying they wanted to by a dealership from him. This caused him to lose out on tons of prospects due directly to the tragedy that took place on 9/11. The entire economy was on a decline that seemed as if it was going to be extremely difficult to raise back up.
             In Paul Zane Pilner's book, God Wants You To Be Rich, he expresses his views on how one can achieve unlimited wealth. Some of his points are valid and I agree with and there are others in which are somewhat contrasting with mine. In his book, he takes many exerts out of the bible and uses them as examples to prove his point and explanation of economic alchemy and unlimited wealth. In my opinion, I believe that these exerts have absolutely no relevance to the subject matter he is trying to explain. I think that by him adding these notions from the bible tends to complicate the subject matter much more then needed. What I do agree with though is his view of unlimited wealth and the abundance we have of it through technology. That now that there is many more computers or technology for that matter in the palm of our hands, it is much easier to create more businesses, or even buy and sell to each other. Also, hi
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