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[For a moment, I, Beth, will put on the hat of an actor. I’ll play Scrooge, to be exact, in honor of the holiday season.]

Scrooge here, Ebenezer. I’ve been asked to talk to you today about that Orman woman, you know, the one that thinks that generosity is essential to gaining wealth.

Bah, humbug, I say.  Where does she get her proof for this idea?  It sounds nicey, nicey, but is it really? This Orman lady says that you have to get rid of the money in your hands to get some back.  Now that just makes no sense at all.  Everyone should be able to take care of themselves.  And keeping your money close to you is one way to do that.

I like that guy, Kyosaki, who wrote Rich Dad, Poor Dad.  Like the way he thinks. But he’s another one that thinks like that Orman, that generosity leads to riches.

Don’t get me wrong: that woman Orman is right on when it comes to planning your estate. Very smart, she is.  She knows about getting out of debt and saving, too.  Very smart.  But this generosity issue, I just don’t know how she can be so off  of the mark.  She bears no facts, no statistics, no evidence beyond coincidental anecdotes.  And why couldn’t she just take time off of making millions on that squawkbox and get the research done! Put the money where her mouth is, that’s what I say!

Having money troubles? she says.  Give it away by the bucketfulls, she advises.  Now what kind of sense is that, I ask you?  And where’s the evidence behind it to make it so?  Is she just trying to make herself sound good?

Well, I’ll go now. I feel a breeze, and methinks I hear a fell sound of chains.  Bah, humbug to Orman and all who think like her.

[Beth here.  That was jolly fun.  Though I agree with Suze Orman that we need to be generous, I feel it for a different purpose.  Generosity bestows our better nature upon ourselves. It lifts us up to be more human, to be the kind of people we need to be.  Sometimes money really isn’t as important as all of that.  So from our home to all of yours this holiday season, here’s to you and your families.  May the Scrooge in you find redemption for the new year, and all good things in your life shine.]

Beth writes daily at her WearManyHats blog.

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