I am a skeptic by nature. If it sounds too good to be true, if it makes promises of wild success all for a stiff or recurring membership fee, if it sounds too much like magic or bad science, I won’t touch it with a 10-foot pole. But as the saying goes, there’s a sucker born every minute, so there are plenty of other people who pick up the slack where I step out of the race.
Some of those suckers lead seminars for suckers. Donald Trump offered so-called classes on real estate investing and, like all overpriced seminars and get-rich-quick schemes, made incredible promises to the participants. Now the New York State Attorney General is suing Trump for $40 Million, for scamming the people. He didn’t even show up personally for the classes, even though participants paid thousands of dollars to get in. If I had paid that kind of money and hadn’t gotten to speak with him in person, I would have demanded my money back, pronto.
Some of those suckers lead congregations of suckers. Kenneth Copeland is a vocal opponent of vaccines. His loyal sheeple in Texas have followed his teaching so well, they are now at the center of a measles outbreak. They are also offering free vaccines, now. That was a quick 180-degree spin! I can’t say I felt the breeze from their sudden change in direction, though; I am too busy cutting a wide path around the lot of them.
