Bitcoin.com reports Kiyosaki divides income into earned, portfolio and passive types

Bitcoin.com News reported that Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, used three income categories in a Sept. 23 post on X: earned income tied to wages from a job, portfolio income tied to investments held by what he called middle-class savers, and passive income he defined as money that comes in without working. The outlet said Kiyosaki tied earned income to poor people and passive income to rich people, and framed the categories as serving his argument that learning the language of money changes how people think about work and wealth. He wrote that the best news about words is that they are free, and referenced 401(k)s and individual retirement accounts, following earlier remarks questioning stock-heavy retirement plans. Bitcoin.com News also said the post makes sweeping tax claims, and that U.S. tax treatment depends on the activity and the type of income involved. No other outlet in the evidence covered the post, so the description of the tax claims and the earlier retirement remarks rests on that single report, and the exact wording of the post beyond the quoted line is not given here.