I have an important update from Utah, where Adam and I have been for the past couple of days. For years we have been pushing the basic message that we are on an unsustainable path. And by “we” I mean folks in the US, Europe, Japan and pretty much everywhere on the globe. And the path to which I refer traverses the economic, energy and environmental landscapes.
As many of you are personally aware, communicating this message is not easy, and sometimes seems impossible. Often it is met with polite dismissal, sometimes it is ignored, but if we are especially persistent it may be angrily denied.
Through the years the vision I have been holding bright in my mind is of the day when this message of change elicits a knowing nod because the truths have become self-evident. My proudest day will be when there is no more need to communicate the core ideas in the Crash Course because that role is no longer necessary.
I cannot wait for the day that I have, literally, talked myself out of a job. Well, we are one very important step closer to that day.
Note: Okay, that’s taking entirely too much credit because information flowing from many sources and directions will have done far more to turn the tide than I could ever possibly lay claim to, but I will pat myself on the back for holding one side of a gaudy banner somewhere close to the front of a very large parade. Someday.
Okay, here’s what’s transpiring in Utah. A combination of concerned citizens and state representatives, some of whom are quite familiar with the Crash Course, have begun an initiative centered around the idea that some form of financial earthquake is almost certain to come. As the dominant CPA associating in the state put it, “It’s just math.”
This initiative goes by the name Financial Ready Utah and involves a non-profit assembly of CPA and private individuals in coordination with state Representatives and Senators that are providing education, training, legislation, and support to bolster individual, community and state readiness for a financial future that may well prove to be disruptive to the unprepared.
