Of course, American individualism, in part inextricably linked with the “Protestant Work Ethic,” has been systematically undermined and devalued in the last decade or so.

Sadly, it seems that apathy, or sheer childishness is the rule of the age.

The expansion of a country’s currency… consists in palming off, as values, a stream of paper backed by nothing but promises (or hot air) and getting actual values, the citizens’ goods or services, in return—until the country’s wealth is drained. A similar activity, in private performance, is the passing of checks on a non-existent bank account. But, in private performance, this is regarded as a crime—and most people understand why such an activity cannot last for long.

Today, people are beginning to understand that the government’s account is overdrawn, that a piece of paper is not the equivalent of a gold coin, or an automobile, or a loaf of bread—and that if you attempt to falsify monetary values, you do not achieve abundance, you merely debase the currency and go bankrupt.

$1.4 trillion annual deficits, as far as the eye can see. 0% interest rates. Corrupt entities, that dare call themselves “private companies” in some cases and “community non-profits” in others (but are neither), propped up by hundreds of billions in government money. Think about where Obama is leading us.