An American Culture in Denial and no sense of self preservation..

My friend Tom Rolfson wrote this and I think it's brilliant. My hope is this spreads like wildfire and lights a fire under more people to begin stepping up to own their lives. The biggest reason... We don't have a choice otherwise our way of life is over in only a matter of time. Unless we collectively change our belief system as a culture then we are digging our own graves. Maybe that's the real reason terrorists haven't struck again since 2011. Just a thought.. They took notice and noticed we are doing the job on ourselves for them so they can sit back and watch our "no self preservation" unsustainable culture with our 80% death rate derived from bad choices we make every day:

By Tom Rolfson - Fellow Successful Entreprenuer:

"I've seen far more millionaires and billionaires do GOOD things for their communities and strangers than I have do bad. With 83% of ALL American jobs created by those same people... it's what built our country from the start and has sustained it through hard times. I know right now of one very wealthy home builder who is selling homes BELOW his cost to build them... so he may keep his people employed and keep his company whole for when the real estate market turns around and he will financially thrive again. This happens far more often than most people "in the trenches" ever realize. I've been in a very unique position because of my networking and custom accounting software company to be privy to see this.. hundreds, perhaps thousands of times. Small business owners who often do not cash their own paychecks so they may meet payroll and the bills to keep their company in operation. Once they turn the corner and achieve great success, many say they should pay a higher percentage of taxes... but what those who say that often do not realize is the price these people paid to achieve that success. MOST people will not risk and put forth that effort. The reason such a small % of people have such a great percentage of the wealth is NOT for lack of opportunity, race, religion or age... Col Sanders was in his late 50's or 60's before he became successful, Oprah, Walt Disney, and countless others started with nothing and became billionaires. They weren't bigger, faster, taller, smarter, prettier... they just did what others were not willing to do... put it on the line.

The gluttony that is killing us IS the appetite which is fueled by the attitude of entitlement... which is fueled by the belief that the government will "take care of us" which is fueled by the lie that the government knows best. Since Roosevelt and "The New Deal"... virtually every entitlement or government regulatory agency has failed... yet people still believe that somehow the government has a plan and things will be alright. I AM afraid our dollar will collapse and DO have provisions in place to use Euros. People will FREAK if they see gas at $10-12/gallon and $10 for a loaf of bread. I'm not a survivalist in the old fashioned "hide in a bunker" sense... but I'm more and more concerned there will be bloodshed in our streets as people who are incapable of providing for themselves are left hungry when the government cannot provide for them.

But perhaps worst of all is our food stamp/welfare program... we now have 3rd and even 4 ENTIRE generations of families being raised without contributing a single dollar to it. We've developed a system which gives people an abundance of dollars in unhealthy food, they then (most often unintentionally) eat to the point of obesity and the conditions of heart disease, diabetes, other osteo or ortho problems which then render them "disabled". Once that status is 'achieved'... they are entitled to a lifetime of food, shelter, clothing, healthcare and there is still no accountability for doing further damage to their bodies. How do we stop this? What can be done to break this cycle? It's quite obviously out there and isn't hard to see if you look for it."